Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings / 2012
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, February 2012
61 tornado warnings in February 2012. 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 February 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 61
- Busiest day
- February 29, 201261 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 5:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 6:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 6:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 6:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 6:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 6:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 15 min |
| Feb 29, 6:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 6:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 7:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 7:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 7:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 7:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 15 min |
| Feb 29, 7:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 7:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 8:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 8:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 8:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 8:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 8:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 8:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 8:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 9:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson | 20 min |
| Feb 29, 9:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson | 16 min |
| Feb 29, 9:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 9:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 20 min |
| Feb 29, 9:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 20 min |
| Feb 29, 9:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 9:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 46 min |
| Feb 29, 9:50 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 9:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Larue | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 9:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 9:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 10:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 10:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 10:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 33 min |
| Feb 29, 10:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 10:50 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 10:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 11:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 11:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 16 min |
| Feb 29, 11:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 12:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 12:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 12:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 45 min |
| Feb 29, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 30 min |
| Feb 29, 12:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 10 min |
| Feb 29, 1:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 27 min |
| Feb 29, 1:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Magoffin, Morgan | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 1:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 1:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 2:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 2:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 2:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 47 min |
| Feb 29, 3:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 3:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 3:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 42 min |
| Feb 29, 4:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie | 43 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Grayson County10
- Hardin County8
- Larue County7
- Nelson County5
- Caldwell County4
- Muhlenberg County4
- Ohio County4
- Christian County4
- Marion County4
- Washington County4
- Henderson County3
- Hopkins County3
- McLean County3
- Butler County3
- Trigg County3
- Mercer County3
- Morgan County3
- Pulaski County3
- McCreary County3
- Wayne County3
- Ballard County2
- Union County2
- Crittenden County2
- Breckinridge County2
- Meade County2
- Edmonson County2
- Todd County2
- Boyle County2
- Jessamine County2
- Clark County2
- Madison County2
- Barren County2
- Hart County2
- Warren County2
- Menifee County2
- Powell County2
- Magoffin County2
- Adair County2
- Jackson County2
- Laurel County2
33 more counties
- Rockcastle County2
- Whitley County2
- Bell County2
- Knox County2
- McCracken County1
- Fulton County1
- Carlisle County1
- Hickman County1
- Livingston County1
- Webster County1
- Daviess County1
- Hancock County1
- Trimble County1
- Bullitt County1
- Calloway County1
- Marshall County1
- Garrard County1
- Fayette County1
- Estill County1
- Montgomery County1
- Logan County1
- Simpson County1
- Wolfe County1
- Green County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Lawrence County1
- Elliott County1
- Johnson County1
- Casey County1
- Russell County1
- Clay County1
- Harlan County1
- Leslie 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.