Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 1998
40 tornado watches in 1998. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 40
- Busiest month
- April20 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 16, 19988 tornado watches
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 27, 11:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Union and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey, Clay and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hancock, Henderson | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 57 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 57 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 13, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Crittenden, Daviess, Grayson and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 68 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey, Clay and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calloway | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 47 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 6 hr |
| May 6, 11:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 6 hr |
| May 22, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crittenden, Union | 6 hr |
| May 23, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Casey and 25 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Carter and 29 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Greenup, Johnson, Lawrence, Martin | 7 hr |
| May 31, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calloway, Hickman | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Harlan, Knox and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Casey and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Calloway, Fulton, Monroe, Simpson | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breathitt and 50 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Kenton | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 7:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 7:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fulton | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hickman County13
- Hancock County13
- Simpson County13
- Graves County12
- Breckinridge County12
- Daviess County12
- Henderson County12
- McLean County12
- Union County12
- Logan County12
- Grayson County12
- Ohio County12
- Carlisle County11
- Fulton County11
- Webster County11
- Allen County11
- Butler County11
- Calloway County11
- Todd County11
- Hart County11
- Larue County11
- Nelson County11
- Washington County11
- Christian County10
- Edmonson County10
- Muhlenberg County10
- Warren County10
- Casey County10
- Taylor County10
- Anderson County10
- Hardin County10
- Crittenden County10
- Caldwell County9
- Livingston County9
- McCracken County9
- Trigg County9
- Adair County9
- Boyle County9
- Cumberland County9
- Green County9
80 more counties
- Marion County9
- Monroe County9
- Russell County9
- Bullitt County9
- Jefferson County9
- Oldham County9
- Shelby County9
- Meade County9
- Hopkins County9
- Ballard County8
- Lyon County8
- Marshall County8
- Garrard County8
- Metcalfe County8
- Barren County8
- Carroll County8
- Gallatin County8
- Henry County8
- Mercer County8
- Spencer County8
- Trimble County8
- Clinton County7
- Clark County7
- Fayette County7
- Franklin County7
- Jessamine County7
- Owen County7
- Woodford County7
- Clay County6
- Estill County6
- Knox County6
- Laurel County6
- Leslie County6
- Lincoln County6
- McCreary County6
- Magoffin County6
- Perry County6
- Pulaski County6
- Wayne County6
- Whitley County6
- Boone County6
- Bourbon County6
- Bracken County6
- Fleming County6
- Harrison County6
- Madison County6
- Mason County6
- Nicholas County6
- Pendleton County6
- Robertson County6
- Scott County6
- Boyd County6
- Johnson County6
- Bell County5
- Breathitt County5
- Floyd County5
- Harlan County5
- Knott County5
- Lee County5
- Letcher County5
- Owsley County5
- Rockcastle County5
- Grant County5
- Lewis County5
- Montgomery County5
- Powell County5
- Campbell County5
- Kenton County5
- Lawrence County5
- Morgan County5
- Wolfe County5
- Martin County5
- Jackson County4
- Bath County4
- Rowan County4
- Greenup County4
- Menifee County4
- Carter County3
- Elliott County3
- Pike County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.