Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, May 2002

14 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2002. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
14
Busiest day
May 2, 20023 severe thunderstorm watches

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more6 hr
May 1, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDaviess, Hancock, Henderson5 hr
May 2, 12:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Campbell, Kenton5 hr
May 2, 8:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Ballard, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 38 more5 hr
May 2, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Barren, Bell, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 17 more7 hr
May 6, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 40 more6 hr
May 7, 4:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrittenden5 hr
May 7, 4:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Casey and 26 more5 hr
May 8, 2:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 6 more6 hr
May 12, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCUnion5 hr
May 13, 2:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFulton4 hr
May 13, 5:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Bell, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 13 more5 hr
May 25, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Boone, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Campbell and 30 more5 hr
May 31, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll and 20 more5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.