Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2020
17 severe thunderstorm watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 17
- Busiest month
- May4 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 10, 20204 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 9:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boone, Bourbon and 62 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Carter, Elliott and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 7 hr |
| May 3, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 30 more | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 6 hr |
| May 17, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Henderson, Union | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Carlisle and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 4 hr |
| Oct 23, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grant County5
- Owen County5
- Pendleton County5
- Fulton County5
- Hickman County5
- Boone County4
- Campbell County4
- Carroll County4
- Gallatin County4
- Kenton County4
- Menifee County4
- Boyd County4
- Carter County4
- Greenup County4
- Lawrence County4
- Carlisle County4
- Graves County4
- Bath County3
- Bourbon County3
- Bracken County3
- Casey County3
- Estill County3
- Fleming County3
- Garrard County3
- Harrison County3
- Henry County3
- Jackson County3
- Jefferson County3
- Laurel County3
- Lewis County3
- Lincoln County3
- McCreary County3
- Madison County3
- Mason County3
- Montgomery County3
- Nicholas County3
- Oldham County3
- Powell County3
- Pulaski County3
- Robertson County3
76 more counties
- Rockcastle County3
- Rowan County3
- Scott County3
- Shelby County3
- Spencer County3
- Trimble County3
- Wayne County3
- Whitley County3
- Floyd County3
- Johnson County3
- Magoffin County3
- Morgan County3
- Ballard County3
- McCracken County3
- Calloway County3
- Anderson County2
- Boyle County2
- Breckinridge County2
- Bullitt County2
- Clark County2
- Clinton County2
- Cumberland County2
- Fayette County2
- Franklin County2
- Grayson County2
- Hardin County2
- Jessamine County2
- Marion County2
- Meade County2
- Mercer County2
- Monroe County2
- Nelson County2
- Russell County2
- Taylor County2
- Washington County2
- Woodford County2
- Elliott County2
- Martin County2
- Pike County2
- Caldwell County2
- Crittenden County2
- Hopkins County2
- Livingston County2
- Lyon County2
- Marshall County2
- Muhlenberg County2
- Bell County2
- Breathitt County2
- Clay County2
- Harlan County2
- Knott County2
- Knox County2
- Lee County2
- Leslie County2
- Letcher County2
- Owsley County2
- Perry County2
- Wolfe County2
- Henderson County2
- Union County2
- Adair County1
- Barren County1
- Edmonson County1
- Green County1
- Hart County1
- Larue County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Christian County1
- Todd County1
- Trigg County1
- Butler County1
- Daviess County1
- Hancock County1
- McLean County1
- Ohio County1
- Webster County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.