Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2016
31 severe thunderstorm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 31
- Busiest month
- May9 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 10, 20163 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone and 75 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bullitt, Cumberland, Green and 16 more | 2 hr |
| May 1, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 67 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Estill and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson and 10 more | 8 hr |
| May 7, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 37 more | 6 hr |
| May 9, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boone and 75 more | 9 hr |
| May 10, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more | 7 hr |
| May 11, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster | 12 hr |
| May 11, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 53 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boyle and 56 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 23 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 49 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon and 60 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 43 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boyle and 50 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 101 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fulton, Hickman | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Campbell and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone and 58 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bullitt County14
- Daviess County14
- Hardin County14
- Meade County14
- Adair County14
- Barren County14
- Cumberland County14
- Green County14
- Hart County14
- Metcalfe County14
- Taylor County14
- Breckinridge County13
- Butler County13
- Hancock County13
- McLean County13
- Allen County13
- Casey County13
- Clinton County13
- Edmonson County13
- Monroe County13
- Russell County13
- Warren County13
- Larue County13
- Marion County13
- Nelson County13
- Spencer County13
- Washington County13
- Grayson County12
- Hopkins County12
- Jefferson County12
- Logan County12
- Muhlenberg County12
- Ohio County12
- Oldham County12
- Webster County12
- Simpson County12
- Anderson County12
- Boyle County12
- Lincoln County12
- Mercer County12
80 more counties
- Caldwell County11
- Henderson County11
- Trimble County11
- Shelby County11
- Christian County10
- Lyon County10
- Todd County10
- Trigg County10
- Union County10
- Garrard County10
- Henry County10
- Jessamine County10
- Woodford County10
- Crittenden County9
- Fulton County9
- Hickman County9
- Livingston County9
- Franklin County9
- Perry County9
- Ballard County8
- Calloway County8
- Carlisle County8
- Carroll County8
- Gallatin County8
- Graves County8
- McCracken County8
- Bourbon County8
- Breathitt County8
- Clark County8
- Clay County8
- Fayette County8
- Knott County8
- Leslie County8
- Letcher County8
- Nicholas County8
- Owsley County8
- Marshall County7
- Bath County7
- Boone County7
- Boyd County7
- Campbell County7
- Carter County7
- Estill County7
- Fleming County7
- Floyd County7
- Grant County7
- Harrison County7
- Jackson County7
- Johnson County7
- Kenton County7
- Lawrence County7
- Lee County7
- Madison County7
- Magoffin County7
- Martin County7
- Montgomery County7
- Owen County7
- Pendleton County7
- Pike County7
- Pulaski County7
- Rockcastle County7
- Scott County7
- Harlan County7
- Bracken County6
- Elliott County6
- Greenup County6
- Laurel County6
- Mason County6
- Menifee County6
- Morgan County6
- Powell County6
- Robertson County6
- Rowan County6
- Wolfe County6
- Bell County6
- Knox County6
- Whitley County6
- McCreary County6
- Wayne County6
- Lewis County5
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.