Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2008
91 tornado warnings in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 91
- Busiest month
- February41 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- February 6, 200840 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 4:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 19 min |
| Jan 8, 4:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves | 33 min |
| Jan 8, 4:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 36 min |
| Jan 8, 4:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 30 min |
| Jan 8, 4:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 39 min |
| Jan 8, 4:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 35 min |
| Jan 8, 5:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Lyon | 38 min |
| Jan 8, 5:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 48 min |
| Jan 8, 6:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 37 min |
| Jan 10, 1:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 16 min |
| Jan 10, 2:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Simpson | 14 min |
| Jan 10, 3:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 27 min |
| Jan 10, 3:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Hart | 36 min |
| Jan 10, 3:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 17 min |
| Jan 10, 3:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 19 min |
| Jan 10, 4:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 18 min |
| Jan 10, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Washington | 27 min |
| Jan 29, 8:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 23 min |
| Jan 29, 10:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Owsley | 33 min |
| Feb 5, 6:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 49 min |
| Feb 5, 7:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Trigg | 40 min |
| Feb 5, 8:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 8:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 8:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 42 min |
| Feb 5, 9:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 9:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 10:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard | 23 min |
| Feb 5, 10:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 13 min |
| Feb 5, 11:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 32 min |
| Feb 5, 11:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Monroe | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 11:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 38 min |
| Feb 5, 11:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 21 min |
| Feb 6, 12:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 12:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 12:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 12:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 34 min |
| Feb 6, 12:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 12:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 12:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Garrard, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 12:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 12:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Marion, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 12:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 1:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington, Woodford | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 1:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine and 5 more | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 1:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 1:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 1:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Madison | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 1:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Fleming | 49 min |
| Feb 6, 1:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 1:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 50 min |
| Feb 6, 2:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 2:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Menifee, Morgan | 40 min |
| Feb 6, 2:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott | 13 min |
| Feb 6, 2:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 2:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Johnson | 20 min |
| Feb 6, 3:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 3:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 3:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Rockcastle | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 3:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln, Russell | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 4:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Perry | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Harlan | 20 min |
| Apr 11, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 11, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Owsley, Perry | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Perry and 1 more | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 4:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike | 40 min |
| May 2, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 54 min |
| May 3, 1:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 25 min |
| May 11, 9:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie | 32 min |
| May 11, 10:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Perry | 29 min |
| May 11, 10:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry, Pike | 34 min |
| May 11, 10:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Harlan, Letcher | 36 min |
| May 11, 10:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike | 47 min |
| May 11, 11:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Fleming | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Rowan | 13 min |
| Jun 4, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin, Kenton | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mason | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 9:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves | 20 min |
| Jul 20, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 24 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monroe County6
- Marion County5
- Russell County5
- Pulaski County5
- Perry County5
- Knott County5
- Floyd County5
- Pike County5
- Graves County4
- Larue County4
- Nelson County4
- Washington County4
- Anderson County4
- Clay County4
- Jackson County4
- Casey County4
- Lincoln County4
- Rockcastle County4
- Breathitt County4
- Boone County4
- Lewis County4
- Caldwell County3
- Calloway County3
- Hopkins County3
- Barren County3
- Hart County3
- Green County3
- Mercer County3
- Cumberland County3
- Metcalfe County3
- Adair County3
- Woodford County3
- Fleming County3
- Leslie County3
- Letcher County3
- Hickman County2
- Crittenden County2
- Livingston County2
- Henderson County2
- Union County2
62 more counties
- McCracken County2
- Todd County2
- Simpson County2
- Taylor County2
- Owsley County2
- Trigg County2
- Christian County2
- Ohio County2
- Ballard County2
- Meade County2
- Allen County2
- Jefferson County2
- Spencer County2
- Garrard County2
- Scott County2
- Boyle County2
- Fayette County2
- Madison County2
- Menifee County2
- Rowan County2
- Elliott County2
- Johnson County2
- Harlan County2
- McCreary County2
- Wayne County2
- Magoffin County2
- Martin County2
- Laurel County2
- Kenton County2
- Mason County2
- Carlisle County1
- Marshall County1
- Lyon County1
- Daviess County1
- McLean County1
- Webster County1
- Edmonson County1
- Warren County1
- Muhlenberg County1
- Butler County1
- Breckinridge County1
- Hancock County1
- Bullitt County1
- Hardin County1
- Shelby County1
- Franklin County1
- Bourbon County1
- Harrison County1
- Jessamine County1
- Logan County1
- Clark County1
- Montgomery County1
- Powell County1
- Bath County1
- Morgan County1
- Clinton County1
- Fulton County1
- Knox County1
- Gallatin County1
- Bracken County1
- Pendleton County1
- Campbell 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.