Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2017
25 severe thunderstorm watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- March7 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 27, 20174 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Bullitt and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Fulton and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 46 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 27, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Daviess, Gallatin and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, McCracken | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 6 hr |
| May 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 7 hr |
| May 27, 5:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fulton | 6 hr |
| May 27, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bourbon and 65 more | 7 hr |
| May 27, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt and 43 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Hancock, Henderson and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Bracken, Carter, Greenup, Lewis, Mason and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 8 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle and 63 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 5, 6:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barren, Boone, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 18, 12:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boone and 75 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pendleton County10
- Boone County9
- Bracken County9
- Campbell County9
- Carroll County9
- Gallatin County9
- Grant County9
- Kenton County9
- Owen County9
- Bullitt County8
- Henry County8
- Jefferson County8
- Oldham County8
- Robertson County8
- Shelby County8
- Spencer County8
- Trimble County8
- Ballard County8
- Fulton County8
- McCracken County8
- Anderson County7
- Bourbon County7
- Clark County7
- Fayette County7
- Franklin County7
- Hardin County7
- Harrison County7
- Hart County7
- Jessamine County7
- Larue County7
- Mason County7
- Nelson County7
- Nicholas County7
- Scott County7
- Woodford County7
- Caldwell County7
- Calloway County7
- Carlisle County7
- Graves County7
- Hickman County7
80 more counties
- Lyon County7
- Hancock County7
- Boyle County6
- Casey County6
- Garrard County6
- Green County6
- Lewis County6
- Lincoln County6
- Madison County6
- Marion County6
- Mercer County6
- Taylor County6
- Washington County6
- Christian County6
- Marshall County6
- Todd County6
- Trigg County6
- Crittenden County6
- Hopkins County6
- Livingston County6
- McLean County6
- Webster County6
- Breckinridge County6
- Butler County6
- Grayson County6
- Meade County6
- Ohio County6
- Warren County6
- Union County6
- Boyd County5
- Carter County5
- Greenup County5
- Bath County5
- Fleming County5
- Montgomery County5
- Rockcastle County5
- Rowan County5
- Muhlenberg County5
- Allen County5
- Barren County5
- Edmonson County5
- Logan County5
- Simpson County5
- Daviess County5
- Henderson County5
- Breathitt County4
- Elliott County4
- Estill County4
- Jackson County4
- Johnson County4
- Lawrence County4
- Lee County4
- Magoffin County4
- Menifee County4
- Morgan County4
- Owsley County4
- Powell County4
- Pulaski County4
- Wayne County4
- Wolfe County4
- Adair County4
- Clinton County4
- Cumberland County4
- Metcalfe County4
- Monroe County4
- Russell County4
- Bell County3
- Clay County3
- Floyd County3
- Harlan County3
- Knott County3
- Knox County3
- Laurel County3
- Leslie County3
- Letcher County3
- McCreary County3
- Martin County3
- Perry County3
- Whitley County3
- Pike 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.