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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2018

16 severe thunderstorm watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
16
Busiest month
May5 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
May 31, 20182 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey and 45 more7 hr
Apr 3, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence6 hr
Apr 3, 9:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more5 hr
May 19, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman6 hr
May 20, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 11 more6 hr
May 22, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Campbell, Kenton7 hr
May 31, 11:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Casey and 35 more6 hr
May 31, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more3 hr
May 31, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 8 more7 hr
Jun 21, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more7 hr
Jun 26, 10:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bourbon and 58 more5 hr
Jun 26, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more6 hr
Jun 28, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more7 hr
Jul 20, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more6 hr
Aug 20, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian and 20 more6 hr
Dec 31, 1:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 35 more3 hr

By county

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

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The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 31, 20182severe thunderstorm watches
  2. June 26, 20182severe thunderstorm watches
  3. March 17, 20181severe thunderstorm watches
  4. April 3, 20181severe thunderstorm watches
  5. April 4, 20181severe thunderstorm watches
  6. May 19, 20181severe thunderstorm watches
  7. May 20, 20181severe thunderstorm watches
  8. May 22, 20181severe thunderstorm watches
  9. June 1, 20181severe thunderstorm watches
  10. June 21, 20181severe thunderstorm watches
  11. June 28, 20181severe thunderstorm watches
  12. July 20, 20181severe thunderstorm watches

Nearby

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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.