Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings / 1997
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, March 1997
34 tornado warnings in March 1997. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in March 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 34
- Busiest day
- March 29, 199717 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 1, 5:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Monroe | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 6:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 12:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 3:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Menifee, Powell | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 3:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Morgan | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 6:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 7:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 8:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Lyon | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 8:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 12:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 12:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 12:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Powell | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 1:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 1:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 1:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Morgan | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 6:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 7:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 7:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Larue | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union, Webster | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 7:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 7:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 8:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 8:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 8:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Rockcastle | 59 min |
| Mar 28, 8:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Wayne | 59 min |
| Mar 28, 8:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Powell | 59 min |
| Mar 28, 8:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Russell | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 9:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 10:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 10:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 10:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 11:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 64 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Powell County4
- Menifee County2
- Morgan County2
- Adair County2
- Casey County2
- Rockcastle County2
- Monroe County1
- Cumberland County1
- Washington County1
- McLean County1
- Carlisle County1
- Livingston County1
- McCracken County1
- Marshall County1
- Lyon County1
- Caldwell County1
- Montgomery County1
- Hardin County1
- Hart County1
- Green County1
- Larue County1
- Crittenden County1
- Union County1
- Webster County1
- Allen County1
- Barren County1
- Marion County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Wayne County1
- Russell County1
- Jefferson County1
- Oldham County1
- Shelby County1
- Garrard County1
- Madison County1
- Lincoln County1
- Laurel County1
- Leslie County1
- Perry County1
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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.