Alert archive / Kentucky / Special Weather Statements / 2016
Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, May 2016
195 special weather statements in May 2016. 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Laurel | 65 min |
| May 1, 1:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 33 min |
| May 1, 2:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 29 min |
| May 1, 2:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 34 min |
| May 1, 2:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 31 min |
| May 1, 8:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Greenup | 58 min |
| May 1, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway | 44 min |
| May 1, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 39 min |
| May 1, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 35 min |
| May 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott | 29 min |
| May 1, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Robertson | 24 min |
| May 1, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 29 min |
| May 1, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Fleming | 34 min |
| May 1, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson | 32 min |
| May 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 25 min |
| May 1, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 35 min |
| May 1, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 24 min |
| May 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rowan | 17 min |
| May 1, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 35 min |
| May 1, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Bracken | 25 min |
| May 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 32 min |
| May 1, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 29 min |
| May 1, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Menifee, Powell | 25 min |
| May 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wolfe | 35 min |
| May 1, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott, Rowan | 36 min |
| May 1, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd | 35 min |
| May 1, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wolfe | 33 min |
| May 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Perry | 31 min |
| May 1, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Elliott | 28 min |
| May 1, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd | 34 min |
| May 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 32 min |
| May 1, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Henderson | 33 min |
| May 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 36 min |
| May 1, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott | 26 min |
| May 1, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wolfe | 24 min |
| May 1, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wolfe | 33 min |
| May 1, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 31 min |
| May 1, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Magoffin | 33 min |
| May 1, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie | 29 min |
| May 1, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan | 31 min |
| May 2, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd | 28 min |
| May 2, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Owsley | 35 min |
| May 2, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 23 min |
| May 2, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell | 40 min |
| May 2, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher | 35 min |
| May 2, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| May 2, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 23 min |
| May 4, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson | 36 min |
| May 4, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 32 min |
| May 4, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 30 min |
| May 4, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 27 min |
| May 4, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Hart | 37 min |
| May 4, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Taylor | 35 min |
| May 4, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 45 min |
| May 4, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 48 min |
| May 4, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley | 38 min |
| May 4, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more | 59 min |
| May 7, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 36 min |
| May 7, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jessamine | 33 min |
| May 7, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 52 min |
| May 7, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 23 min |
| May 7, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 30 min |
| May 7, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Spencer | 37 min |
| May 7, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Spencer, Woodford | 38 min |
| May 7, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby | 28 min |
| May 7, 10:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Woodford | 52 min |
| May 9, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Ballard | 49 min |
| May 9, 11:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 69 min |
| May 10, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 34 min |
| May 10, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin | 51 min |
| May 10, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 47 min |
| May 10, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 32 min |
| May 10, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson, Larue | 38 min |
| May 10, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 29 min |
| May 10, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Fleming | 20 min |
| May 10, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 44 min |
| May 10, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Lee, Owsley | 44 min |
| May 10, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Lee, Owsley | 35 min |
| May 10, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 43 min |
| May 10, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 42 min |
| May 10, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Boyd | 23 min |
| May 10, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt | 28 min |
| May 10, 8:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 43 min |
| May 10, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 1 more | 24 min |
| May 10, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Owen | 30 min |
| May 10, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 37 min |
| May 10, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 73 min |
| May 10, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 56 min |
| May 10, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 33 min |
| May 10, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott, Pike | 41 min |
| May 10, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan, Warren | 40 min |
| May 10, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 26 min |
| May 10, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 23 min |
| May 10, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Woodford | 27 min |
| May 10, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rowan | 49 min |
| May 10, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 29 min |
| May 10, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 28 min |
| May 10, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 27 min |
| May 11, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 33 min |
| May 11, 1:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 24 min |
| May 11, 2:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox | 41 min |
| May 11, 2:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary | 67 min |
| May 11, 2:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Whitley | 66 min |
| May 11, 4:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Warren | 39 min |
| May 11, 5:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 52 min |
| May 11, 7:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 21 min |
| May 11, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rowan | 32 min |
| May 11, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 57 min |
| May 11, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 30 min |
| May 11, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 24 min |
| May 11, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 35 min |
| May 11, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Warren | 49 min |
| May 11, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 24 min |
| May 11, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll | 25 min |
| May 11, 9:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Mercer, Washington | 35 min |
| May 11, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby | 27 min |
| May 11, 9:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Owen | 34 min |
| May 11, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Marion and 4 more | 46 min |
| May 11, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Jessamine, Mercer, Scott and 1 more | 24 min |
| May 11, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Caldwell | 34 min |
| May 11, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 24 min |
| May 11, 10:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Nicholas and 1 more | 39 min |
| May 11, 10:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle | 36 min |
| May 11, 11:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 24 min |
| May 11, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, McCreary and 5 more | 33 min |
| May 11, 11:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Owsley | 38 min |
| May 11, 11:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 37 min |
| May 12, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 10 more | 28 min |
| May 12, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe | 35 min |
| May 12, 12:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Harlan, Leslie, Perry | 31 min |
| May 12, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 29 min |
| May 12, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more | 64 min |
| May 12, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 47 min |
| May 12, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Owsley | 27 min |
| May 12, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Larue | 32 min |
| May 12, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 13 min |
| May 12, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Owsley | 19 min |
| May 12, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 47 min |
| May 12, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knox | 18 min |
| May 12, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Perry | 28 min |
| May 12, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan, Warren | 34 min |
| May 12, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Leslie | 37 min |
| May 12, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Perry | 34 min |
| May 12, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Taylor | 30 min |
| May 12, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 36 min |
| May 12, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott | 32 min |
| May 12, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski | 35 min |
| May 12, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe | 44 min |
| May 12, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 43 min |
| May 12, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson | 24 min |
| May 12, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Laurel | 45 min |
| May 12, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 38 min |
| May 12, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson | 29 min |
| May 12, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson | 32 min |
| May 12, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 38 min |
| May 12, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Lee | 32 min |
| May 25, 9:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 41 min |
| May 25, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 32 min |
| May 25, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 32 min |
| May 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 30 min |
| May 26, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 37 min |
| May 26, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Rockcastle | 35 min |
| May 26, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess | 23 min |
| May 26, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 29 min |
| May 26, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Logan, Warren | 27 min |
| May 26, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll | 26 min |
| May 26, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 28 min |
| May 26, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 26, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll, Owen | 29 min |
| May 26, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 36 min |
| May 26, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 29 min |
| May 26, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Hart, Simpson, Warren | 25 min |
| May 26, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Marion | 31 min |
| May 26, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Simpson | 31 min |
| May 26, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 27 min |
| May 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Taylor | 26 min |
| May 26, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson | 32 min |
| May 26, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Casey, Lincoln, Russell | 30 min |
| May 26, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 37 min |
| May 26, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 26, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley | 47 min |
| May 26, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Estill, Montgomery, Powell | 25 min |
| May 27, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 40 min |
| May 27, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 27, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 28 min |
| May 27, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 26 min |
| May 27, 9:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 23 min |
| May 29, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Webster | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 30 min |
| May 29, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 38 min |
| May 29, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 30 min |
| May 29, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 26 min |
| May 29, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Owsley County9
- Pulaski County8
- Breckinridge County8
- Jackson County8
- Rockcastle County8
- Logan County8
- Warren County8
- Laurel County7
- Magoffin County7
- Wolfe County7
- Grayson County7
- Perry County6
- Pike County6
- Leslie County6
- Bell County6
- Lawrence County6
- Edmonson County6
- Hancock County6
- Wayne County6
- Clay County6
- Shelby County6
- Carroll County6
- Green County6
- Barren County6
- Cumberland County5
- Hardin County5
- Harlan County5
- Taylor County5
- McCreary County5
- Jessamine County5
- Woodford County5
- Franklin County5
- Kenton County5
- Larue County5
- Lee County5
- Metcalfe County5
- Russell County4
- Spencer County4
- Anderson County4
- Rowan County4
73 more counties
- Menifee County4
- Powell County4
- Floyd County4
- Knott County4
- Hart County4
- Knox County4
- Whitley County4
- Mercer County4
- Fayette County4
- Breathitt County4
- Allen County4
- Monroe County4
- Estill County4
- Simpson County4
- Calloway County3
- Elliott County3
- Montgomery County3
- Letcher County3
- Boyle County3
- Jefferson County3
- Garrard County3
- Marion County3
- Gallatin County3
- Boone County3
- Campbell County3
- Meade County3
- Owen County3
- Casey County3
- Fleming County2
- Lewis County2
- Martin County2
- Boyd County2
- Oldham County2
- Washington County2
- Bourbon County2
- Clark County2
- Ballard County2
- Fulton County2
- Graves County2
- Hickman County2
- Marshall County2
- Ohio County2
- Henry County2
- Todd County2
- Butler County2
- Adair County2
- Harrison County2
- Scott County2
- Morgan County2
- Johnson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Greenup County1
- Robertson County1
- Bracken County1
- Bath County1
- Henderson County1
- Carter County1
- Bullitt County1
- Livingston County1
- McCracken County1
- Grant County1
- Pendleton County1
- Caldwell County1
- Nicholas County1
- Madison County1
- Christian County1
- Hopkins County1
- Muhlenberg County1
- Carlisle County1
- Daviess County1
- Nelson County1
- Trigg County1
- Webster County1
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