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Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2023

97 tornado warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
97
Busiest month
January27 tornado warnings
Busiest day
January 3, 202318 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 2, 10:12 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHLivingston, McCracken, Marshall13 min
Jan 2, 11:16 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman29 min
Jan 2, 11:37 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall38 min
Jan 3, 12:00 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Marshall30 min
Jan 3, 12:15 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHLyon, Marshall18 min
Jan 3, 2:06 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd24 min
Jan 3, 2:11 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd34 min
Jan 3, 2:34 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHTodd8 min
Jan 3, 2:48 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKButler, Logan, Warren27 min
Jan 3, 3:21 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Warren24 min
Jan 3, 3:43 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue47 min
Jan 3, 4:15 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHChristian30 min
Jan 3, 4:25 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins11 min
Jan 3, 4:33 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd27 min
Jan 3, 4:53 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg16 min
Jan 3, 5:50 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHTodd25 min
Jan 3, 6:23 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKButler, Logan, Warren37 min
Jan 3, 10:19 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKClinton26 min
Jan 12, 2:55 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHBallard11 min
Jan 12, 3:05 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHBallard, McCracken11 min
Jan 12, 8:14 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKLarue, Marion, Nelson, Washington31 min
Jan 12, 8:28 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Nelson, Spencer, Washington22 min
Jan 12, 8:48 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington, Woodford27 min
Jan 12, 9:07 AM ESTTornado WarningILNGrant, Owen23 min
Jan 12, 9:14 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKBoyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison and 2 more31 min
Jan 12, 9:42 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKClark, Madison12 min
Jan 12, 9:56 AM ESTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Powell23 min
Mar 3, 11:52 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd15 min
Mar 3, 12:09 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHGraves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall21 min
Mar 3, 12:23 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg11 min
Mar 3, 12:25 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Butler, Hancock, Ohio20 min
Mar 3, 1:02 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHUnion28 min
Mar 3, 1:12 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, Union33 min
Mar 3, 1:19 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, Union41 min
Mar 31, 10:03 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHUnion27 min
Mar 31, 10:09 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston21 min
Mar 31, 10:20 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, Union25 min
Mar 31, 10:24 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden, Union, Webster36 min
Mar 31, 10:36 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson24 min
Mar 31, 10:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, McLean, Union15 min
Mar 31, 10:55 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster35 min
Mar 31, 11:21 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock24 min
Apr 1, 1:18 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Hart27 min
Apr 1, 1:32 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Marion, Taylor28 min
Apr 1, 1:45 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison16 min
Apr 1, 3:09 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLKnox, Laurel, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley36 min
Apr 1, 3:45 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel30 min
Apr 1, 4:08 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Leslie, Letcher, Perry37 min
Apr 1, 4:33 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike17 min
Apr 5, 3:03 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHCalloway, Marshall, Trigg27 min
Apr 5, 4:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade14 min
Apr 5, 5:17 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby15 min
May 16, 1:27 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLarue, Marion, Nelson, Washington48 min
May 16, 2:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas15 min
May 16, 2:15 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Marion30 min
May 16, 2:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Lincoln29 min
May 16, 2:35 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMadison40 min
May 16, 2:52 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Lee, Powell38 min
May 16, 3:26 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe24 min
May 16, 4:45 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin16 min
May 16, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPike16 min
Jun 11, 4:01 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Casey14 min
Jun 11, 4:34 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPulaski26 min
Jun 11, 4:54 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPulaski15 min
Jun 11, 8:21 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Harlan24 min
Jun 11, 8:44 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLHarlan31 min
Jun 25, 6:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson14 min
Jun 25, 11:15 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLEstill, Lee15 min
Jun 26, 1:21 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Simpson, Warren24 min
Jun 29, 12:26 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Simpson, Warren34 min
Jun 30, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins12 min
Jul 1, 7:47 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHMarshall28 min
Jul 1, 7:54 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston, Lyon, Marshall36 min
Jul 1, 8:14 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon31 min
Jul 2, 4:21 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard, McCracken9 min
Jul 2, 5:06 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell24 min
Jul 2, 5:22 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery23 min
Jul 2, 5:41 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan8 min
Jul 2, 7:35 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln25 min
Jul 2, 7:43 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln32 min
Jul 2, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln33 min
Jul 18, 1:35 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard25 min
Jul 18, 1:49 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard, McCracken26 min
Jul 18, 1:51 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard, McCracken24 min
Aug 7, 12:38 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie37 min
Aug 7, 2:09 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup36 min
Aug 12, 10:18 AM EDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman19 min
Aug 14, 5:14 AM EDTTornado WarningPAHGraves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall17 min
Dec 9, 2:44 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHChristian, Todd31 min
Dec 9, 2:51 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedLMKLogan54 min
Dec 9, 2:59 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatPAHTodd31 min
Dec 9, 3:17 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedLMKLogan, Simpson, Warren58 min
Dec 9, 3:55 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Warren65 min
Dec 9, 5:25 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Shelby35 min
Dec 9, 5:48 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Simpson27 min
Dec 9, 6:12 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKAllen17 min
Dec 9, 7:06 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKCumberland, Monroe24 min

By county

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

57 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 3, 202318tornado warnings
  2. April 1, 202315tornado warnings
  3. January 12, 20239tornado warnings
  4. May 16, 20239tornado warnings
  5. July 2, 20238tornado warnings
  6. December 9, 20238tornado warnings
  7. March 3, 20237tornado warnings
  8. April 5, 20233tornado warnings
  9. June 11, 20233tornado warnings
  10. July 18, 20233tornado warnings
  11. June 12, 20232tornado warnings
  12. June 26, 20232tornado warnings

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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.