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Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2009

126 tornado warnings in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
126
Busiest month
June31 tornado warnings
Busiest day
March 28, 200915 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 2:54 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey20 min
Feb 11, 3:02 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKLincoln28 min
Feb 11, 3:16 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Madison18 min
Feb 11, 3:18 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKLincoln27 min
Feb 11, 3:26 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle34 min
Feb 11, 3:40 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary, Whitley25 min
Feb 11, 3:56 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLKnox34 min
Feb 11, 4:16 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Wolfe22 min
Feb 18, 12:53 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland, Russell26 min
Feb 18, 1:07 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Wayne38 min
Feb 18, 1:33 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland27 min
Feb 18, 1:57 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKClinton33 min
Feb 18, 3:00 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLHarlan30 min
Feb 18, 3:14 PM ESTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan31 min
Mar 8, 4:33 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins27 min
Mar 8, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Ohio41 min
Mar 8, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGrayson26 min
Mar 8, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue44 min
Mar 8, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Kenton36 min
Mar 28, 4:47 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden28 min
Mar 28, 4:58 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden, Union, Webster32 min
Mar 28, 5:12 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg33 min
Mar 28, 5:16 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHUnion, Webster29 min
Mar 28, 5:37 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson23 min
Mar 28, 5:37 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Trigg53 min
Mar 28, 5:42 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Webster48 min
Mar 28, 6:08 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster40 min
Mar 28, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson30 min
Mar 28, 6:36 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, McLean39 min
Mar 28, 6:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHTodd15 min
Mar 28, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLogan, Simpson35 min
Mar 28, 7:06 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess28 min
Mar 28, 7:09 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Logan, Warren36 min
Mar 28, 7:42 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Warren33 min
Mar 28, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson27 min
Mar 28, 8:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin31 min
Mar 28, 8:33 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade27 min
Apr 2, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg35 min
Apr 2, 4:53 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg37 min
Apr 2, 5:39 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson51 min
Apr 5, 8:39 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Monroe16 min
Apr 5, 9:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln16 min
Apr 5, 9:14 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle31 min
Apr 10, 11:07 AM EDTTornado WarningPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman23 min
Apr 10, 11:28 AM EDTTornado WarningPAHGraves32 min
Apr 10, 12:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins30 min
Apr 10, 12:55 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg50 min
Apr 10, 1:42 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins33 min
Apr 10, 1:55 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd50 min
Apr 10, 2:35 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Ohio25 min
Apr 10, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Ohio21 min
Apr 10, 3:15 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Madison30 min
Apr 10, 3:18 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle27 min
Apr 10, 3:25 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison25 min
Apr 10, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell36 min
Apr 10, 4:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe32 min
Apr 10, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMagoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe36 min
Apr 13, 4:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry31 min
Apr 13, 5:22 PM EDTTornado WarningILNGallatin, Grant, Owen28 min
May 8, 4:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary32 min
May 8, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Monroe22 min
May 8, 4:41 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary, Whitley34 min
May 8, 5:11 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Knox, Whitley49 min
May 8, 5:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMadison18 min
May 8, 5:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Powell32 min
May 8, 5:14 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Perry, Whitley46 min
May 8, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLKnott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry39 min
May 8, 7:41 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle34 min
May 8, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLKnott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry30 min
May 8, 8:08 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Leslie, Owsley and 1 more37 min
May 8, 8:23 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe37 min
May 8, 8:37 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Perry23 min
May 8, 8:59 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLHarlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry31 min
May 28, 2:04 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMenifee26 min
May 28, 3:03 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLElliott, Morgan27 min
Jun 10, 4:24 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski36 min
Jun 11, 5:32 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson25 min
Jun 11, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson24 min
Jun 11, 6:18 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson34 min
Jun 11, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson, Grayson, Hart31 min
Jun 11, 8:16 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Warren44 min
Jun 11, 8:23 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe37 min
Jun 11, 8:39 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Metcalfe, Monroe36 min
Jun 11, 10:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCumberland14 min
Jun 14, 4:55 PM EDTTornado WarningILNOwen35 min
Jun 14, 5:20 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis40 min
Jun 14, 5:37 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis38 min
Jun 14, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis25 min
Jun 16, 3:16 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson29 min
Jun 16, 3:43 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe32 min
Jun 16, 4:48 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Wayne27 min
Jun 16, 5:02 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPulaski, Rockcastle28 min
Jun 16, 5:08 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and 1 more37 min
Jun 16, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley31 min
Jun 16, 5:42 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley33 min
Jun 16, 5:55 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle35 min
Jun 16, 7:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe32 min
Jun 16, 9:36 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis24 min
Jun 16, 9:58 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis32 min
Jun 17, 2:25 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley35 min
Jun 17, 2:57 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Knox, Whitley33 min
Jun 17, 3:28 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Knox, Whitley32 min
Jun 17, 4:13 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Knox, Whitley47 min
Jun 17, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary, Whitley40 min
Jun 17, 8:11 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd34 min
Jun 25, 4:13 PM EDTTornado WarningILNPendleton32 min
Jul 4, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Hickman38 min
Jul 4, 6:39 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCarlisle, Graves, Hickman36 min
Jul 4, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHLyon, Marshall, Trigg50 min
Jul 4, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Trigg33 min
Jul 4, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Trigg50 min
Jul 4, 8:20 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd40 min
Jul 17, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis16 min
Jul 31, 1:41 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Hart34 min
Aug 10, 5:48 PM EDTTornado WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin27 min
Sep 26, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOhio25 min
Oct 9, 3:08 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Ohio37 min
Oct 9, 3:42 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKHardin33 min
Oct 9, 4:34 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKLarue26 min
Oct 9, 2:41 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln34 min
Oct 9, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMadison4 min
Oct 9, 3:09 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell36 min
Oct 9, 3:20 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKRussell25 min
Oct 9, 3:21 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLElliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan24 min
Oct 9, 3:31 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLElliott, Rowan14 min
Oct 9, 3:33 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle42 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

45 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 28, 200915tornado warnings
  2. April 10, 200914tornado warnings
  3. October 9, 200910tornado warnings
  4. May 8, 20099tornado warnings
  5. June 16, 20099tornado warnings
  6. February 11, 20098tornado warnings
  7. June 17, 20097tornado warnings
  8. February 18, 20096tornado warnings
  9. March 8, 20095tornado warnings
  10. May 9, 20095tornado warnings
  11. July 4, 20095tornado warnings
  12. June 11, 20094tornado warnings

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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.