Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 1999
15 tornado watches in 1999. 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 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- April7 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 9, 19993 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carroll and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 9, 12:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Daviess, Hancock, Hardin and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken and 39 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 17 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Carlisle and 26 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Livingston County10
- Hickman County10
- McCracken County10
- Lyon County9
- Marshall County9
- Ballard County9
- Carlisle County9
- Graves County9
- Calloway County8
- Crittenden County8
- McLean County8
- Trigg County8
- Union County8
- Webster County8
- Caldwell County7
- Hopkins County7
- Daviess County7
- Christian County6
- Hardin County6
- Ohio County6
- Fulton County6
- Henderson County6
- Butler County5
- Edmonson County5
- Grayson County5
- Logan County5
- Muhlenberg County5
- Simpson County5
- Todd County5
- Warren County5
- Breckinridge County5
- Hancock County5
- Larue County4
- Meade County4
- Allen County3
- Hart County3
- Marion County3
- Bullitt County3
- Nelson County3
- Barren County2
80 more counties
- Cumberland County2
- Green County2
- Metcalfe County2
- Monroe County2
- Taylor County2
- Carroll County2
- Jefferson County2
- Oldham County2
- Trimble County2
- Spencer County2
- Washington County2
- Breathitt County2
- Mercer County2
- Pike County2
- Woodford County2
- Adair County1
- Henry County1
- Shelby County1
- Bath County1
- Boone County1
- Bourbon County1
- Boyd County1
- Boyle County1
- Bracken County1
- Campbell County1
- Carter County1
- Clark County1
- Elliott County1
- Estill County1
- Fayette County1
- Fleming County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Gallatin County1
- Garrard County1
- Grant County1
- Greenup County1
- Harrison County1
- Jessamine County1
- Johnson County1
- Kenton County1
- Lawrence County1
- Lee County1
- Lewis County1
- Madison County1
- Magoffin County1
- Martin County1
- Mason County1
- Menifee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Morgan County1
- Nicholas County1
- Owen County1
- Pendleton County1
- Powell County1
- Robertson County1
- Rowan County1
- Scott County1
- Wolfe County1
- Bell County1
- Casey County1
- Clay County1
- Clinton County1
- Harlan County1
- Jackson County1
- Knott County1
- Knox County1
- Laurel County1
- Leslie County1
- Letcher County1
- Lincoln County1
- McCreary County1
- Owsley County1
- Perry County1
- Pulaski County1
- Rockcastle County1
- Russell County1
- Wayne County1
- Whitley County1
- Anderson County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.