Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings / 2012
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, March 2012
88 tornado warnings in March 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 March 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 88
- Busiest day
- March 2, 201277 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 12:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 12:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 2:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 2:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 2:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Hopkins, Union, Webster | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 3:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 3:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 3:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 3:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 3:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 3:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 19 min |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 3:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 4:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin, Kenton | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 4:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 4:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 4:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Shelby, Spencer | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 4:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 4:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 4:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 4:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Campbell, Pendleton | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 4:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 4:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 11 min |
| Mar 2, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Warren | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 5:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 5:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 5:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Warren | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 5:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 5:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 5:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 5:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Green, Metcalfe | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 5:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 5:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Taylor | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 15 min |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren | 19 min |
| Mar 2, 5:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 10 min |
| Mar 2, 5:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Garrard, Madison | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 5:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Carter, Lawrence | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 5:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Metcalfe, Russell | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 5:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 5:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 6:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan, Rowan | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 6:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 8 min |
| Mar 2, 6:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell and 1 more | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 6:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 20 min |
| Mar 2, 6:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 6:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Whitley | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 6:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 6:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 3 more | 52 min |
| Mar 2, 6:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boyd, Greenup | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 48 min |
| Mar 2, 6:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 6:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 6:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Morgan, Rowan | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 6:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan and 1 more | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 6:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 17 min |
| Mar 2, 6:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 6:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 7:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 7:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 7:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 7:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 7:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 7:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 8:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 5 min |
| Mar 23, 10:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Morgan County9
- Bell County8
- Rowan County8
- Garrard County7
- Madison County7
- Harlan County6
- Knox County6
- Whitley County6
- Warren County6
- Menifee County6
- Elliott County6
- Bath County5
- Johnson County5
- Wolfe County5
- Magoffin County5
- Trimble County4
- Breckinridge County4
- Hardin County4
- Bracken County4
- Estill County4
- Montgomery County4
- Powell County4
- Barren County4
- Lee County4
- Jackson County4
- Hopkins County3
- Gallatin County3
- Boone County3
- Grant County3
- Bullitt County3
- Pendleton County3
- Jefferson County3
- Shelby County3
- Spencer County3
- Logan County3
- Allen County3
- Mason County3
- Metcalfe County3
- Lincoln County3
- Fleming County3
64 more counties
- McCreary County3
- Carter County3
- Lawrence County3
- Casey County3
- Martin County3
- Clay County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Floyd County3
- Henderson County2
- Union County2
- Livingston County2
- McCracken County2
- Marshall County2
- Crittenden County2
- Webster County2
- Daviess County2
- McLean County2
- Carroll County2
- Hancock County2
- Muhlenberg County2
- Owen County2
- Grayson County2
- Ohio County2
- Henry County2
- Kenton County2
- Campbell County2
- Woodford County2
- Butler County2
- Simpson County2
- Clark County2
- Marion County2
- Hart County2
- Taylor County2
- Boyle County2
- Adair County2
- Green County2
- Lewis County2
- Greenup County2
- Russell County2
- Leslie County2
- Laurel County2
- Wayne County2
- Boyd County2
- Breathitt County2
- Owsley County2
- Graves County1
- Lyon County1
- Oldham County1
- Meade County1
- Todd County1
- Fayette County1
- Jessamine County1
- Larue County1
- Anderson County1
- Franklin County1
- Nelson County1
- Washington County1
- Edmonson County1
- Robertson County1
- Bourbon County1
- Nicholas County1
- Pulaski County1
- Letcher County1
- Perry 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.