Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings / 2026
Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, March 2026
17 tornado warnings in March 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 March 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 17
- Busiest day
- March 16, 202615 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 7, 11:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 8:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 8:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 55 min |
| Mar 15, 8:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Hickman | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 10:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 10:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Ohio | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 10:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Logan, Warren | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 11:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Nelson | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 11:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 16, 12:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Franklin, Henry, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 23 min |
| Mar 16, 1:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 1:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe | 28 min |
| Mar 16, 1:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 2:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 36 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ballard County3
- McCracken County3
- Grayson County3
- Hardin County3
- Hart County3
- Graves County2
- Marshall County2
- Fulton County2
- Carlisle County2
- Hickman County2
- Butler County2
- Edmonson County2
- Bullitt County2
- Nelson County2
- McCreary County2
- Wayne County2
- Calloway County1
- Livingston County1
- Christian County1
- Todd County1
- Ohio County1
- Logan County1
- Warren County1
- Breckinridge County1
- Meade County1
- Larue County1
- Marion County1
- Washington County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Shelby County1
- Spencer County1
- Adair County1
- Russell County1
- Clinton County1
- Cumberland County1
- Monroe County1
- Laurel County1
- Pulaski County1
1 more counties
Nearby
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.