Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings / 2009
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, May 2009
16 tornado warnings in May 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 May 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 16
- Busiest day
- May 8, 20099 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Monroe | 22 min |
| May 8, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 49 min |
| May 8, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 18 min |
| May 8, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Powell | 32 min |
| May 8, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Perry, Whitley | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 39 min |
| May 8, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle | 34 min |
| May 8, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 30 min |
| May 8, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Leslie, Owsley and 1 more | 37 min |
| May 8, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe | 37 min |
| May 8, 8:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Perry | 23 min |
| May 8, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 31 min |
| May 28, 2:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Menifee | 26 min |
| May 28, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Leslie County6
- Perry County6
- Knott County4
- Whitley County3
- Estill County3
- Clay County3
- Letcher County3
- Lee County3
- Breathitt County3
- McCreary County2
- Knox County2
- Powell County2
- Jackson County2
- Owsley County2
- Allen County1
- Monroe County1
- Bell County1
- Madison County1
- Laurel County1
- Rockcastle County1
- Wolfe County1
- Harlan County1
- Menifee County1
- Elliott County1
- Morgan 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. Rebuilt daily.