Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2015
47 tornado warnings in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 47
- Busiest month
- April21 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 7, 201510 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 18 min |
| Apr 7, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 18 min |
| Apr 7, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 18 min |
| Apr 7, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Wolfe | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe | 20 min |
| Apr 10, 4:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion, Taylor | 20 min |
| Apr 25, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 18 min |
| Apr 25, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson, Washington | 19 min |
| Apr 25, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard | 21 min |
| Apr 25, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Hart | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Jackson, Owsley, Rockcastle | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Owsley, Perry | 32 min |
| May 16, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 13 min |
| Jun 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pike | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hancock | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart, Metcalfe | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Monroe | 19 min |
| Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 11:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby, Spencer | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Campbell | 12 min |
| Jul 13, 2:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 9 min |
| Jul 13, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 12:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 1:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Campbell | 29 min |
| Dec 23, 3:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden | 15 min |
| Dec 23, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Webster | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean | 27 min |
| Dec 23, 4:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 24 min |
| Dec 23, 4:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hancock | 26 min |
| Dec 23, 7:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 25 min |
| Dec 23, 8:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton | 15 min |
| Dec 23, 8:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hart | 24 min |
| Dec 23, 8:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Campbell, Pendleton | 6 min |
| Dec 23, 8:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 14 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Garrard County5
- Madison County5
- Jackson County5
- Boyle County4
- Campbell County4
- Pendleton County4
- Estill County3
- Lee County3
- Edmonson County3
- Hart County3
- Cumberland County3
- Casey County2
- Marion County2
- Breathitt County2
- Wolfe County2
- Taylor County2
- Henderson County2
- Washington County2
- Nelson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Rockcastle County2
- Owsley County2
- Hancock County2
- Barren County2
- Monroe County2
- Bracken County2
- Clinton County2
- Daviess County2
- Meade County1
- Henry County1
- Jessamine County1
- Mercer County1
- Magoffin County1
- Clay County1
- Perry County1
- Christian County1
- Pike County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Bullitt County1
- Hardin 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.