Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2023
35 severe thunderstorm watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 35
- Busiest month
- July15 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- January 12, 20233 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 12, 6:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 26 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Kenton, Trimble | 5 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bracken, Grant, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 10 more | 3 hr |
| May 7, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 11 more | 10 hr |
| May 8, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 10 hr |
| May 16, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bell, Boyle and 54 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Bullitt and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bell, Bourbon and 60 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Christian, Daviess and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Boyle and 56 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Clinton, Cumberland and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Franklin, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bourbon and 65 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle and 46 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Boone, Bracken, Caldwell, Calloway, Campbell and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 9:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breckinridge and 43 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Logan, Simpson | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 7 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Trigg County16
- Calloway County15
- Livingston County15
- Lyon County15
- Ballard County14
- Caldwell County14
- Carlisle County14
- Crittenden County14
- Fulton County14
- Graves County14
- Hickman County14
- McCracken County14
- Marshall County14
- Christian County13
- Henderson County13
- Webster County13
- Hopkins County12
- Todd County12
- Union County12
- Allen County12
- Grayson County12
- Simpson County12
- Daviess County11
- McLean County11
- Muhlenberg County11
- Barren County11
- Edmonson County11
- Hardin County11
- Hart County11
- Logan County11
- Warren County11
- Butler County10
- Ohio County10
- Adair County9
- Anderson County9
- Boyle County9
- Breckinridge County9
- Bullitt County9
- Cumberland County9
- Franklin County9
80 more counties
- Green County9
- Larue County9
- Meade County9
- Metcalfe County9
- Monroe County9
- Nelson County9
- Woodford County9
- Clinton County8
- Fayette County8
- Hancock County8
- Jefferson County8
- Jessamine County8
- Lincoln County8
- Marion County8
- Mercer County8
- Russell County8
- Scott County8
- Shelby County8
- Spencer County8
- Taylor County8
- Washington County8
- Casey County7
- Clark County7
- Garrard County7
- Harrison County7
- Madison County7
- Trimble County7
- Knox County7
- Laurel County7
- Rockcastle County7
- Wayne County7
- Whitley County7
- Bourbon County6
- Henry County6
- Nicholas County6
- Oldham County6
- Bracken County6
- Breathitt County6
- Clay County6
- Estill County6
- Jackson County6
- Lee County6
- Lewis County6
- McCreary County6
- Mason County6
- Owsley County6
- Powell County6
- Pulaski County6
- Robertson County6
- Wolfe County6
- Boone County6
- Campbell County6
- Carroll County6
- Gallatin County6
- Kenton County6
- Grant County6
- Owen County6
- Pendleton County6
- Bell County6
- Harlan County6
- Knott County6
- Magoffin County5
- Menifee County5
- Montgomery County5
- Morgan County5
- Leslie County5
- Letcher County5
- Perry County5
- Boyd County4
- Carter County4
- Greenup County4
- Johnson County4
- Lawrence County4
- Floyd County4
- Pike County4
- Bath County3
- Elliott County3
- Fleming County3
- Rowan County3
- Martin County3
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.