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Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2022

62 tornado warnings in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
62
Busiest month
April21 tornado warnings
Busiest day
January 1, 202212 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 6:57 AM ESTTornado WarningJKLPulaski33 min
Jan 1, 7:25 AM ESTTornado WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle20 min
Jan 1, 11:28 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHTodd12 min
Jan 1, 12:08 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson, Hart22 min
Jan 1, 12:16 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHTodd14 min
Jan 1, 12:24 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKLogan, Simpson21 min
Jan 1, 12:29 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHTodd16 min
Jan 1, 12:39 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKLogan, Simpson, Warren36 min
Jan 1, 12:43 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKLogan, Simpson, Warren32 min
Jan 1, 1:08 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKMarion, Taylor22 min
Jan 1, 1:08 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe37 min
Jan 1, 1:55 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKMadison8 min
Feb 22, 7:26 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHFulton, Hickman19 min
Feb 22, 7:47 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHGraves, Hickman22 min
Mar 7, 4:35 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall14 min
Mar 18, 10:43 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade32 min
Mar 18, 10:43 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Nelson32 min
Mar 18, 11:05 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson25 min
Mar 18, 11:27 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham33 min
Mar 30, 5:27 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCarlisle, Hickman23 min
Mar 30, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston, Lyon, Marshall23 min
Apr 13, 4:26 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHFulton19 min
Apr 13, 4:38 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCarlisle, Fulton, Hickman16 min
Apr 13, 5:04 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCarlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman26 min
Apr 13, 5:27 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall27 min
Apr 13, 5:28 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Marshall32 min
Apr 13, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHTrigg31 min
Apr 13, 5:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon30 min
Apr 13, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg39 min
Apr 13, 6:33 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd42 min
Apr 13, 6:43 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHMcLean, Muhlenberg32 min
Apr 13, 7:26 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Grayson, Ohio34 min
Apr 13, 7:41 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart34 min
Apr 13, 8:20 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington25 min
Apr 13, 8:27 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Shelby18 min
Apr 13, 8:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford28 min
Apr 13, 8:41 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLMKFranklin, Henry, Oldham, Shelby34 min
Apr 13, 8:42 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Marion, Mercer, Washington33 min
Apr 13, 8:57 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFranklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby12 min
Apr 13, 9:21 PM EDTTornado WarningILNGrant, Owen, Pendleton24 min
Apr 13, 9:39 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBracken, Pendleton36 min
Apr 13, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBracken, Mason35 min
May 6, 1:09 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell36 min
May 6, 1:40 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan16 min
May 6, 3:04 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Owsley26 min
May 6, 3:20 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Owsley, Perry25 min
May 6, 3:45 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Owsley30 min
May 18, 8:01 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski29 min
May 18, 8:17 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPulaski, Wayne28 min
May 18, 8:26 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, Pulaski, Whitley34 min
May 18, 8:37 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Whitley23 min
May 18, 9:04 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLKnox, Whitley26 min
May 19, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade39 min
May 19, 5:03 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan27 min
May 26, 4:46 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell29 min
May 26, 4:48 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln27 min
May 26, 5:12 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedJKLBell, Harlan, Knox33 min
May 26, 5:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMadison26 min
May 26, 5:28 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Powell32 min
May 26, 5:39 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLFleming36 min
Jun 8, 4:47 PM EDTTornado WarningILNCampbell, Kenton28 min
Jul 6, 5:38 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe16 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

35 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 1, 202212tornado warnings
  2. April 13, 202212tornado warnings
  3. April 14, 20229tornado warnings
  4. May 19, 20227tornado warnings
  5. May 26, 20226tornado warnings
  6. May 6, 20225tornado warnings
  7. March 19, 20224tornado warnings
  8. February 22, 20222tornado warnings
  9. March 30, 20222tornado warnings
  10. March 7, 20221tornado warnings
  11. June 8, 20221tornado warnings
  12. July 6, 20221tornado warnings

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.