Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2017
46 tornado warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 46
- Busiest month
- March15 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 1, 201711 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Lyon, Trigg | 37 min |
| Feb 7, 8:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Trigg | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 11:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 11:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 9 min |
| Feb 28, 11:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 22 min |
| Mar 1, 12:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Trigg | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 12:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 1:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 21 min |
| Mar 1, 1:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 4:39 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 15 min |
| Mar 1, 6:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 14 min |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Spencer | 15 min |
| Mar 1, 9:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 9:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 24 min |
| Mar 9, 10:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 22 min |
| Mar 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 16 min |
| Apr 5, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 18 min |
| Apr 5, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Taylor | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 6:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison | 22 min |
| Apr 5, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison | 13 min |
| Apr 5, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison | 14 min |
| Apr 5, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Hickman | 16 min |
| Apr 28, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 37 min |
| May 19, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen | 27 min |
| May 19, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 14 min |
| May 19, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Fleming, Rowan | 24 min |
| May 24, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Rockcastle | 37 min |
| May 24, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Rowan | 26 min |
| May 24, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Greenup | 24 min |
| May 27, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 3:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Taylor | 17 min |
| Jun 23, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue | 16 min |
| Jun 23, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 6:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Lawrence | 22 min |
| Jul 6, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Perry | 28 min |
| Oct 7, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 40 min |
| Nov 18, 5:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Spencer | 15 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Calloway County4
- Trigg County3
- Graves County3
- Harrison County3
- Boyle County3
- Jessamine County3
- Madison County3
- Christian County2
- Spencer County2
- Breathitt County2
- Hickman County2
- Mercer County2
- Bullitt County2
- Nelson County2
- Taylor County2
- Scott County2
- Lincoln County2
- Garrard County2
- Fayette County2
- Clark County2
- Rowan County2
- Rockcastle County2
- Laurel County2
- Pulaski County2
- Larue County2
- Lyon County1
- Todd County1
- Butler County1
- Lewis County1
- Mason County1
- Boone County1
- Campbell County1
- Kenton County1
- Magoffin County1
- Fulton County1
- Hopkins County1
- Washington County1
- Hardin County1
- Hart County1
- Adair County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.