Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2024
19 severe thunderstorm watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 19
- Busiest month
- July7 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 30, 20244 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 14, 10:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 30 more | 6 hr |
| May 22, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Fulton, Graves and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 51 more | 8 hr |
| May 26, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell and 21 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Breathitt, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt and 48 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Casey and 31 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 30, 11:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Daviess, Edmonson, Grayson and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Casey and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 58 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 58 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 28 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 24, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 84 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County7
- Gallatin County7
- Grant County7
- Owen County7
- Pendleton County7
- Breckinridge County7
- Bullitt County7
- Hardin County7
- Henderson County7
- Jefferson County7
- Meade County7
- Oldham County7
- Bourbon County7
- Boyle County7
- Breathitt County7
- Garrard County7
- Harrison County7
- Larue County7
- Marion County7
- Mercer County7
- Nelson County7
- Nicholas County7
- Spencer County7
- Washington County7
- Wolfe County7
- Boone County6
- Campbell County6
- Kenton County6
- Daviess County6
- Edmonson County6
- Grayson County6
- McLean County6
- Union County6
- Warren County6
- Webster County6
- Anderson County6
- Bath County6
- Casey County6
- Clark County6
- Fayette County6
80 more counties
- Franklin County6
- Jackson County6
- Jessamine County6
- Lee County6
- Leslie County6
- Lincoln County6
- Madison County6
- Menifee County6
- Owsley County6
- Perry County6
- Scott County6
- Taylor County6
- Woodford County6
- Bracken County6
- Elliott County6
- Johnson County6
- Morgan County6
- Robertson County6
- Magoffin County6
- Henry County6
- Shelby County6
- Trimble County6
- Butler County5
- Hancock County5
- Hopkins County5
- Muhlenberg County5
- Ohio County5
- Simpson County5
- Adair County5
- Allen County5
- Barren County5
- Clay County5
- Clinton County5
- Cumberland County5
- Estill County5
- Green County5
- Harlan County5
- Hart County5
- Knox County5
- Laurel County5
- Metcalfe County5
- Monroe County5
- Montgomery County5
- Powell County5
- Pulaski County5
- Rockcastle County5
- Russell County5
- Fleming County5
- Rowan County5
- Floyd County5
- Knott County5
- Letcher County5
- Caldwell County4
- Calloway County4
- Carlisle County4
- Fulton County4
- Graves County4
- Hickman County4
- Logan County4
- Lyon County4
- Marshall County4
- Todd County4
- Trigg County4
- Bell County4
- McCreary County4
- Wayne County4
- Whitley County4
- Boyd County4
- Carter County4
- Lawrence County4
- Lewis County4
- Mason County4
- Martin County4
- Pike County4
- Ballard County3
- Christian County3
- Crittenden County3
- Livingston County3
- McCracken County3
- Greenup 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.