Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2008
35 severe thunderstorm watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 35
- Busiest month
- June16 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 13, 20083 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 12:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Carroll and 18 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 8:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon and 68 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 26 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Clay, Clinton and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon and 80 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd and 62 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crittenden, Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Breckinridge and 44 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 86 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Crittenden, Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, Livingston and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Gallatin, Henry, Oldham, Owen, Trimble | 8 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 68 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Harlan and 18 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Daviess, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 28 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins and 6 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Boone County12
- Campbell County12
- Kenton County12
- Oldham County10
- Owen County10
- Lawrence County9
- Bullitt County9
- Carroll County9
- Hancock County9
- Henry County9
- Jefferson County9
- Meade County9
- Shelby County9
- Spencer County9
- Trimble County9
- Anderson County9
- Bell County9
- Bracken County9
- Gallatin County9
- Grant County9
- Harlan County9
- Leslie County9
- Mason County9
- Pendleton County9
- Perry County9
- Robertson County9
- Boyd County8
- Breckinridge County8
- Hardin County8
- Nelson County8
- Bourbon County8
- Breathitt County8
- Clay County8
- Fayette County8
- Floyd County8
- Franklin County8
- Harrison County8
- Knott County8
- Knox County8
- Laurel County8
80 more counties
- Letcher County8
- Lewis County8
- Martin County8
- Mercer County8
- Morgan County8
- Nicholas County8
- Pike County8
- Scott County8
- Washington County8
- Whitley County8
- Woodford County8
- Carter County7
- Larue County7
- Adair County7
- Bath County7
- Boyle County7
- Casey County7
- Clark County7
- Estill County7
- Fleming County7
- Green County7
- Jackson County7
- Jessamine County7
- Johnson County7
- Lee County7
- Magoffin County7
- Marion County7
- Menifee County7
- Montgomery County7
- Owsley County7
- Rowan County7
- Russell County7
- Taylor County7
- Wolfe County7
- Daviess County7
- Henderson County7
- Greenup County6
- Edmonson County6
- Grayson County6
- Hart County6
- Clinton County6
- Cumberland County6
- Elliott County6
- Garrard County6
- Lincoln County6
- McCreary County6
- Madison County6
- Powell County6
- Pulaski County6
- Rockcastle County6
- Wayne County6
- Ballard County6
- Livingston County6
- McCracken County6
- Crittenden County6
- Union County6
- Barren County5
- Butler County5
- Ohio County5
- Warren County5
- Metcalfe County5
- Monroe County5
- Calloway County5
- Carlisle County5
- Fulton County5
- Graves County5
- Hickman County5
- Marshall County5
- McLean County5
- Webster County5
- Allen County4
- Simpson County4
- Caldwell County4
- Hopkins County4
- Lyon County4
- Trigg County4
- Muhlenberg County3
- Logan County2
- Christian County2
- Todd County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.