Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, May 2009
8 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 8, 20093 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 14 more | 8 hr |
| May 8, 5:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Logan and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 8, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 72 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt and 48 more | 7 hr |
| May 14, 1:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 4 hr |
| May 14, 2:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian and 24 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more | 8 hr |
| May 30, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle and 54 more | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Estill County4
- Jackson County4
- Lee County4
- Menifee County4
- Owsley County4
- Powell County4
- Wolfe County4
- Adair County3
- Allen County3
- Barren County3
- Clinton County3
- Cumberland County3
- Logan County3
- Metcalfe County3
- Monroe County3
- Russell County3
- Simpson County3
- Warren County3
- Bath County3
- Bell County3
- Boyle County3
- Clay County3
- Fleming County3
- Garrard County3
- Henry County3
- Jefferson County3
- Knox County3
- Laurel County3
- McCreary County3
- Madison County3
- Meade County3
- Montgomery County3
- Ohio County3
- Oldham County3
- Pulaski County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Rowan County3
- Trimble County3
- Wayne County3
- Whitley County3
80 more counties
- Breathitt County3
- Elliott County3
- Floyd County3
- Johnson County3
- Knott County3
- Magoffin County3
- Martin County3
- Morgan County3
- Pike County3
- Ballard County2
- Caldwell County2
- Calloway County2
- Carlisle County2
- Christian County2
- Crittenden County2
- Fulton County2
- Graves County2
- Hickman County2
- Hopkins County2
- Livingston County2
- Lyon County2
- McCracken County2
- McLean County2
- Marshall County2
- Muhlenberg County2
- Todd County2
- Trigg County2
- Union County2
- Webster County2
- Anderson County2
- Bourbon County2
- Bracken County2
- Breckinridge County2
- Bullitt County2
- Butler County2
- Carroll County2
- Casey County2
- Clark County2
- Edmonson County2
- Fayette County2
- Franklin County2
- Gallatin County2
- Grant County2
- Grayson County2
- Green County2
- Hancock County2
- Harrison County2
- Hart County2
- Jessamine County2
- Larue County2
- Lewis County2
- Lincoln County2
- Marion County2
- Mason County2
- Mercer County2
- Nelson County2
- Nicholas County2
- Owen County2
- Pendleton County2
- Robertson County2
- Scott County2
- Shelby County2
- Spencer County2
- Taylor County2
- Washington County2
- Woodford County2
- Harlan County2
- Leslie County2
- Letcher County2
- Perry County2
- Boone County2
- Campbell County2
- Kenton County2
- Boyd County2
- Carter County2
- Greenup County2
- Lawrence County2
- Hardin County1
- Daviess County1
- Henderson County1
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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.