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Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2025
162 tornado warnings in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 162
- Busiest month
- April63 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 3, 202559 tornado warnings
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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 6, 5:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 5:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 6:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 6:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 6:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Hart | 25 min |
| Feb 6, 6:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln, Marion | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 7:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Johnson | 12 min |
| Feb 6, 7:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 8:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Owsley, Perry | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 7:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 7:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 7:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Harlan, Leslie | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 7:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 8:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie | 9 min |
| Feb 6, 8:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JKL | Harlan | 17 min |
| Feb 15, 7:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 20 min |
| Feb 15, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 2:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 2:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 2:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 2:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 2:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 3:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken, Marshall | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 4:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 4:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 4:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon | 11 min |
| Mar 30, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 12 min |
| Mar 30, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 8:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 8:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 9:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 9:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 9:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 9:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 9:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson, Spencer | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 10:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 10:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 10:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 2:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Pike | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 22 min |
| Apr 2, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 8:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 9:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Livingston, McCracken | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McCracken | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 9:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 9:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 9:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 9:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 10:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins, Lyon | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 10:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 10:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 10:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 10:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 10:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 10:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 10:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 15 min |
| Apr 2, 10:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 10:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean | 28 min |
| Apr 2, 11:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 11:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 11:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 21 min |
| Apr 2, 11:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 11:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 11:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 11:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 12:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 12:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 12:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 14 min |
| Apr 3, 1:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Scott, Shelby | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 1:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 1:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 1:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 1:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 1:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 1:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 1:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mason | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 2:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Marion, Metcalfe and 1 more | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 2:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 2:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 3:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 13 min |
| Apr 3, 3:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 11 min |
| Apr 3, 3:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 21 min |
| Apr 3, 3:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming | 19 min |
| Apr 3, 3:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Carter, Greenup | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 3:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 4:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 14 min |
| Apr 3, 4:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 4:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 4:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Johnson, Martin | 16 min |
| Apr 3, 4:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 6:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 6:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 10:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 18 min |
| Apr 3, 11:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 11:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton | 19 min |
| Apr 4, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 8:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Greenup | 11 min |
| May 8, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle | 24 min |
| May 16, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard | 48 min |
| May 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken | 48 min |
| May 16, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 43 min |
| May 16, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 1 more | 43 min |
| May 16, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Todd, Trigg | 52 min |
| May 16, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 30 min |
| May 16, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard | 45 min |
| May 16, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan | 42 min |
| May 16, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 34 min |
| May 16, 8:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 26 min |
| May 16, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 49 min |
| May 16, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 52 min |
| May 16, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 39 min |
| May 16, 8:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Warren | 38 min |
| May 16, 9:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 47 min |
| May 16, 9:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe | 51 min |
| May 16, 9:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 16 min |
| May 16, 9:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 11 min |
| May 16, 9:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 24 min |
| May 16, 9:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 34 min |
| May 16, 10:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan | 30 min |
| May 16, 10:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 40 min |
| May 16, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 33 min |
| May 16, 10:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 25 min |
| May 16, 10:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott, Rowan | 34 min |
| May 16, 10:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 16, 10:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 36 min |
| May 16, 10:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Elliott | 20 min |
| May 16, 10:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 32 min |
| May 16, 11:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 53 min |
| May 16, 11:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Monroe, Simpson, Warren | 24 min |
| May 16, 11:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley | 48 min |
| May 16, 11:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 27 min |
| May 17, 12:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 53 min |
| May 17, 12:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 21 min |
| May 17, 12:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 43 min |
| May 17, 12:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 12 min |
| May 20, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 12 min |
| May 20, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon | 16 min |
| May 20, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 13 min |
| May 20, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 30 min |
| May 30, 5:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue | 38 min |
| May 30, 6:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 27 min |
| May 30, 6:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 26 min |
| May 30, 7:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon | 16 min |
| Jun 18, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 11 min |
| Jul 20, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton | 33 min |
| Sep 22, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason | 25 min |
| Sep 22, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis | 26 min |
| Nov 18, 7:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton | 31 min |
| Dec 18, 4:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 22 min |
| Dec 28, 8:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 12 min |
| Dec 28, 9:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| Dec 28, 9:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 20 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Caldwell County13
- Trigg County12
- Ballard County11
- Marshall County11
- Hopkins County10
- Calloway County10
- McCracken County10
- Lyon County10
- Pulaski County10
- Hardin County9
- Breckinridge County9
- Christian County9
- Clay County8
- Crittenden County8
- Livingston County8
- Meade County8
- Laurel County7
- Carlisle County7
- Graves County7
- Warren County7
- Hart County6
- Bullitt County6
- Jefferson County6
- Henderson County6
- Hancock County6
- Daviess County6
- Wayne County6
- Ohio County5
- Larue County5
- Marion County5
- Rockcastle County5
- Knox County5
- McCreary County5
- Leslie County5
- Fulton County5
- McLean County5
- Logan County5
- Simpson County5
- Butler County4
- Grayson County4
71 more counties
- Green County4
- Jackson County4
- Owsley County4
- Harlan County4
- Muhlenberg County4
- Webster County4
- Shelby County4
- Henry County4
- Allen County4
- Barren County4
- Bath County4
- Fleming County4
- Rowan County4
- Taylor County3
- Edmonson County3
- Whitley County3
- Hickman County3
- Boone County3
- Nelson County3
- Washington County3
- Union County3
- Franklin County3
- Scott County3
- Pendleton County3
- Metcalfe County3
- Mercer County3
- Montgomery County3
- Greenup County3
- Clinton County3
- Cumberland County3
- Todd County3
- Adair County3
- Kenton County3
- Casey County2
- Lincoln County2
- Johnson County2
- Perry County2
- Bell County2
- Spencer County2
- Knott County2
- Oldham County2
- Harrison County2
- Bracken County2
- Anderson County2
- Bourbon County2
- Fayette County2
- Woodford County2
- Mason County2
- Jessamine County2
- Boyle County2
- Garrard County2
- Carter County2
- Lawrence County2
- Monroe County2
- Russell County2
- Elliott County2
- Campbell County2
- Breathitt County1
- Gallatin County1
- Floyd County1
- Pike County1
- Trimble County1
- Grant County1
- Madison County1
- Nicholas County1
- Estill County1
- Lee County1
- Boyd County1
- Martin County1
- Letcher County1
- Lewis 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.