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Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2026

127 tornado warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
127
Busiest month
July32 tornado warnings
Busiest day
July 21, 202627 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
Mar 7, 11:03 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall42 min
Mar 15, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHFulton28 min
Mar 15, 8:18 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, McCracken42 min
Mar 15, 8:20 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCarlisle, Fulton, Hickman55 min
Mar 15, 8:36 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard, McCracken39 min
Mar 15, 8:56 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall28 min
Mar 15, 9:08 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHGraves, Hickman23 min
Mar 15, 10:37 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd24 min
Mar 15, 10:53 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Ohio52 min
Mar 15, 10:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Logan, Warren46 min
Mar 15, 11:22 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Nelson38 min
Mar 15, 11:42 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHardin, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington48 min
Mar 16, 12:07 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Franklin, Henry, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer23 min
Mar 16, 1:04 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Russell41 min
Mar 16, 1:20 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland, Monroe28 min
Mar 16, 1:42 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLMcCreary, Wayne33 min
Mar 16, 2:09 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley36 min
Apr 27, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby31 min
Apr 28, 12:49 AM EDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster41 min
Apr 28, 1:04 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKOhio41 min
Apr 28, 1:36 AM EDTTornado WarningILNBracken, Pendleton, Robertson24 min
Apr 28, 1:59 AM EDTTornado WarningILNBracken, Mason, Robertson31 min
Apr 28, 2:19 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue26 min
Apr 28, 2:38 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLBath, Rowan19 min
Apr 28, 3:01 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Green, Taylor29 min
May 22, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHTodd15 min
May 22, 9:35 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin22 min
May 26, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell45 min
May 26, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe42 min
May 26, 8:06 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan19 min
May 26, 9:30 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLJohnson, Morgan24 min
May 26, 11:45 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLElliott15 min
Jun 8, 9:00 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston, Lyon, Marshall15 min
Jun 18, 12:10 AM EDTTornado WarningILNBoone, Gallatin, Kenton37 min
Jun 18, 12:34 AM EDTTornado WarningILNCampbell, Kenton41 min
Jun 18, 3:08 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKTrimble33 min
Jun 18, 3:30 AM EDTTornado WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Owen33 min
Jun 18, 3:32 AM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLMKTrimble16 min
Jun 18, 4:17 AM EDTTornado WarningILNGrant, Pendleton28 min
Jun 18, 4:32 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade19 min
Jun 18, 4:47 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer16 min
Jun 18, 4:41 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLHarlan14 min
Jun 21, 10:04 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson24 min
Jun 21, 10:07 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade53 min
Jun 21, 10:30 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade45 min
Jun 21, 10:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHancock49 min
Jun 21, 11:03 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHardin, Meade27 min
Jun 22, 12:22 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKHancock38 min
Jun 22, 12:50 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock40 min
Jun 26, 5:17 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard23 min
Jun 27, 5:39 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg21 min
Jun 27, 6:11 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHMcCracken19 min
Jun 27, 6:24 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall14 min
Jun 27, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHMcCracken26 min
Jun 27, 6:49 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston, Marshall26 min
Jun 27, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHMcCracken29 min
Jun 27, 7:10 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston, Lyon, Marshall35 min
Jun 27, 7:45 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHLyon30 min
Jun 27, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Trigg35 min
Jun 27, 8:13 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHTrigg32 min
Jun 27, 8:35 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian25 min
Jun 27, 9:01 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHChristian33 min
Jul 9, 8:44 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHGraves, Hickman16 min
Jul 9, 9:49 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHTrigg21 min
Jul 21, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen44 min
Jul 21, 3:34 PM EDTTornado WarningILNGrant, Owen, Pendleton41 min
Jul 21, 3:52 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison, Scott24 min
Jul 21, 4:02 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Meade28 min
Jul 21, 4:30 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson30 min
Jul 21, 4:38 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hardin29 min
Jul 21, 4:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMarion, Nelson, Washington27 min
Jul 21, 4:43 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis32 min
Jul 21, 4:56 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXGreenup37 min
Jul 21, 5:11 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell49 min
Jul 21, 5:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBourbon, Clark18 min
Jul 21, 5:21 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson, Grayson, Hart39 min
Jul 21, 5:45 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLMKBarren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe45 min
Jul 21, 5:47 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg10 min
Jul 21, 5:49 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Logan41 min
Jul 21, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln20 min
Jul 21, 5:58 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLPulaski, Rockcastle32 min
Jul 21, 6:03 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Wolfe27 min
Jul 21, 6:16 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Green, Hart, Metcalfe44 min
Jul 21, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXBoyd23 min
Jul 21, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle45 min
Jul 21, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMetcalfe29 min
Jul 21, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLElliott18 min
Jul 21, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXLawrence27 min
Jul 21, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe47 min
Jul 21, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel29 min
Jul 21, 7:11 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXLawrence18 min
Jul 28, 7:25 AM EDTTornado WarningRLXLawrence50 min
Jul 28, 7:30 AM EDTTornado WarningJKLMartin, Pike30 min
Jul 28, 4:40 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLHarlan, Leslie13 min
Aug 1, 7:28 PM EDTTornado WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen32 min
Aug 1, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBoone, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton33 min
Aug 1, 8:26 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBoone, Kenton34 min
Aug 11, 3:06 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBoone24 min
Aug 11, 3:24 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Gallatin, Kenton36 min
Aug 11, 3:31 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Kenton29 min
Aug 11, 3:51 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBoone, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton24 min
Aug 11, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBracken, Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton35 min
Aug 11, 4:10 PM EDTTornado WarningILNGrant, Pendleton20 min
Aug 11, 4:19 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis, Mason26 min
Aug 11, 4:20 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott40 min
Aug 11, 4:22 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBracken, Pendleton, Robertson23 min
Aug 11, 4:28 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis32 min
Aug 11, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBath, Montgomery30 min
Aug 11, 5:01 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis15 min
Aug 11, 5:03 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLElliott, Fleming, Morgan, Rowan27 min
Aug 11, 5:03 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXCarter, Lawrence42 min
Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Greenup20 min
Aug 11, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLElliott14 min
Aug 11, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan, Wolfe14 min
Aug 11, 5:42 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Wolfe18 min
Aug 11, 6:05 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLBreathitt, Perry, Pike70 min
Aug 15, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMontgomery, Powell25 min
Aug 16, 6:17 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXBoyd, Carter, Lawrence28 min
Aug 16, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXCarter, Lawrence31 min
Aug 16, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXLawrence33 min
Aug 16, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningJKLMartin24 min
Aug 20, 12:46 AM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken29 min
Aug 20, 1:12 AM EDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall34 min
Aug 20, 1:31 AM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle13 min
Aug 20, 1:36 AM EDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Marshall, Trigg31 min
Aug 20, 1:43 AM EDTTornado WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken20 min
Sep 21, 5:48 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXLawrence16 min

By county

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

63 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. July 21, 202627tornado warnings
  2. August 11, 202619tornado warnings
  3. March 16, 202615tornado warnings
  4. June 18, 20269tornado warnings
  5. June 27, 20269tornado warnings
  6. April 28, 20267tornado warnings
  7. June 22, 20267tornado warnings
  8. August 20, 20265tornado warnings
  9. August 16, 20264tornado warnings
  10. May 27, 20263tornado warnings
  11. June 28, 20263tornado warnings
  12. July 28, 20263tornado 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.