Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2024
119 tornado warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 119
- Busiest month
- May56 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 2, 202434 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 1:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Trimble | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Carroll | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 2:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Owen | 36 min |
| Mar 14, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson | 43 min |
| Mar 14, 11:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 29 min |
| Mar 14, 11:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 36 min |
| Mar 14, 11:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin | 16 min |
| Apr 2, 6:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 6:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken | 22 min |
| Apr 2, 6:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 6:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 6:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 6:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union, Webster | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 6:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 6:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 20 min |
| Apr 2, 6:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 19 min |
| Apr 2, 7:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 7:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 7:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 17 min |
| Apr 2, 8:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 8:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 8:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 8:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Washington, Woodford | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 9:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 9:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 9:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 9:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 10:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 1 more | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 10:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boyd | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 10:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boyd, Lawrence | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Owen | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 16 min |
| Apr 2, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Warren | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Letcher, Perry | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Harlan, Letcher, Pike | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 29 min |
| Apr 12, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 11 min |
| May 7, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis | 50 min |
| May 7, 8:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 34 min |
| May 7, 9:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Greenup | 18 min |
| May 8, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 29 min |
| May 8, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan | 17 min |
| May 8, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 16 min |
| May 8, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 40 min |
| May 8, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Trigg | 14 min |
| May 8, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union | 27 min |
| May 8, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian | 37 min |
| May 8, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union, Webster | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 19 min |
| May 8, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Livingston | 14 min |
| May 8, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell, Taylor | 17 min |
| May 8, 10:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman | 35 min |
| May 8, 11:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Graves, Hickman | 26 min |
| May 8, 11:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves | 43 min |
| May 8, 11:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 30 min |
| May 26, 8:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 29 min |
| May 26, 9:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Hickman | 20 min |
| May 26, 9:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 17 min |
| May 26, 9:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 13 min |
| May 26, 9:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 38 min |
| May 26, 9:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon | 31 min |
| May 26, 10:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 26 min |
| May 26, 10:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 23 min |
| May 26, 10:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 20 min |
| May 26, 10:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 26 min |
| May 26, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 35 min |
| May 26, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 25 min |
| May 26, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 31 min |
| May 26, 1:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Whitley | 24 min |
| May 26, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, McCracken | 35 min |
| May 26, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 44 min |
| May 26, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 34 min |
| May 26, 8:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster | 44 min |
| May 26, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon | 40 min |
| May 26, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Lyon | 28 min |
| May 26, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 39 min |
| May 26, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 43 min |
| May 26, 9:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon | 22 min |
| May 26, 9:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell | 15 min |
| May 26, 9:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins | 22 min |
| May 26, 10:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 29 min |
| May 26, 10:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 56 min |
| May 26, 10:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 27 min |
| May 26, 10:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 25 min |
| May 26, 10:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler | 20 min |
| May 26, 11:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 11 min |
| May 26, 11:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 31 min |
| May 26, 11:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson, Spencer | 23 min |
| May 27, 2:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 20 min |
| May 27, 2:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 20 min |
| Jul 9, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 17 min |
| Jul 9, 2:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Monroe | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 3:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Russell | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 11 min |
| Jul 9, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 11 min |
| Jul 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union | 24 min |
| Jul 9, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 4:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 47 min |
| Sep 24, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 23 min |
| Sep 24, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 23 min |
| Sep 24, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 13 min |
| Sep 24, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Wayne | 28 min |
| Sep 24, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 7 min |
| Sep 27, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boyd, Greenup | 37 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Union County12
- Henderson County11
- Graves County9
- Meade County8
- Caldwell County8
- Hardin County7
- Marshall County7
- Breckinridge County6
- Bell County6
- Christian County6
- Calloway County6
- Lyon County6
- Todd County5
- Crittenden County5
- Muhlenberg County5
- Ballard County4
- McCracken County4
- Carlisle County4
- Webster County4
- Bath County4
- Warren County4
- Harlan County4
- Livingston County4
- Trigg County4
- Butler County4
- Whitley County4
- Hopkins County4
- Owen County3
- Nelson County3
- Menifee County3
- Boyd County3
- Henry County3
- Oldham County3
- Logan County3
- Russell County3
- Hickman County3
- Knox County3
- Trimble County2
- Carroll County2
- Gallatin County2
55 more counties
- Grant County2
- Bracken County2
- Mason County2
- Pendleton County2
- Daviess County2
- Spencer County2
- Washington County2
- Montgomery County2
- Rowan County2
- Morgan County2
- Jefferson County2
- Allen County2
- Letcher County2
- Simpson County2
- Greenup County2
- Adair County2
- McLean County2
- Bullitt County2
- Monroe County2
- Cumberland County2
- Ohio County2
- Grayson County2
- Wayne County2
- Robertson County1
- Larue County1
- Anderson County1
- Mercer County1
- Woodford County1
- Bourbon County1
- Clark County1
- Fayette County1
- Fleming County1
- Powell County1
- Wolfe County1
- Elliott County1
- Johnson County1
- Magoffin County1
- Lawrence County1
- Shelby County1
- Boone County1
- Campbell County1
- Kenton County1
- Barren County1
- Edmonson County1
- Perry County1
- Pike County1
- Leslie County1
- Lewis County1
- Casey County1
- Taylor County1
- Laurel County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Clinton County1
- McCreary County1
- Pulaski 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.