Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2002
83 tornado warnings in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 83
- Busiest month
- April30 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 28, 200217 tornado warnings
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 29, 4:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer, Washington | 18 min |
| Mar 29, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill | 56 min |
| Mar 29, 5:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 8:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Green, Metcalfe | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 36 min |
| Apr 21, 6:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 37 min |
| Apr 21, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Webster | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Webster | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 8:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 20 min |
| Apr 28, 3:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 3:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Webster | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 3:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 4:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 12 min |
| Apr 28, 4:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 4:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 4:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 4:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 5:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 5:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 7:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 7:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 8:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 1:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Morgan | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Martin | 41 min |
| Apr 28, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Owsley | 25 min |
| May 1, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion | 32 min |
| May 1, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 30 min |
| May 1, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham | 30 min |
| May 1, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel | 32 min |
| May 1, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox | 38 min |
| May 1, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Shelby | 23 min |
| May 1, 9:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay | 32 min |
| May 1, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Harlan | 45 min |
| May 2, 9:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 21 min |
| May 17, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Whitley | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 8:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel | 31 min |
| Sep 20, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Trigg | 45 min |
| Sep 20, 2:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 51 min |
| Sep 20, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 48 min |
| Sep 20, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 29 min |
| Oct 4, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Nov 10, 12:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 2:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Warren | 30 min |
| Nov 10, 2:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 23 min |
| Nov 10, 6:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Rowan | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 6:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Lee, Wolfe | 19 min |
| Nov 10, 4:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 25 min |
| Nov 10, 4:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 23 min |
| Nov 10, 4:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hancock | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 4:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 5:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 43 min |
| Nov 10, 5:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 5:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Nov 10, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 30 min |
| Nov 10, 6:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham | 29 min |
| Nov 10, 6:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel | 47 min |
| Nov 10, 6:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson | 28 min |
| Nov 10, 7:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel, Rockcastle | 41 min |
| Nov 10, 7:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 7:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox | 34 min |
| Nov 10, 7:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell | 27 min |
| Nov 10, 7:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell | 27 min |
| Nov 10, 8:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 26 min |
| Nov 10, 8:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Taylor | 2 min |
| Nov 10, 8:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Taylor | 8 min |
| Nov 10, 8:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 35 min |
| Nov 10, 8:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Nov 10, 8:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Russell | 37 min |
| Nov 10, 8:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis | 19 min |
| Nov 10, 8:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis | 19 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Laurel County8
- Meade County4
- Daviess County4
- McLean County4
- Union County3
- Henderson County3
- Webster County3
- Ohio County3
- Hopkins County3
- Pulaski County3
- Washington County2
- Estill County2
- Breckinridge County2
- Jackson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Oldham County2
- Knox County2
- Jefferson County2
- Rockcastle County2
- Bell County2
- Taylor County2
- Lewis County2
- Boyle County1
- Mercer County1
- Adair County1
- Barren County1
- Green County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Carlisle County1
- Hickman County1
- Crittenden County1
- Bullitt County1
- Hardin County1
- Edmonson County1
- Hart County1
- Leslie County1
- Perry County1
- Morgan County1
- McCreary County1
- Martin County1
24 more counties
- Owsley County1
- Marion County1
- Shelby County1
- Clay County1
- Harlan County1
- Whitley County1
- Floyd County1
- Knott County1
- Trigg County1
- Muhlenberg County1
- Warren County1
- Allen County1
- Simpson County1
- Elliott County1
- Rowan County1
- Lee County1
- Wolfe County1
- Hancock County1
- Clinton County1
- Cumberland County1
- Breathitt County1
- Lawrence County1
- Casey County1
- Russell County1
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. Rebuilt daily.