Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2003
30 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 30
- Busiest month
- May23 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 5, 200310 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 19, 12:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Laurel, McCreary, Metcalfe and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 39 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 20, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell and 34 more | 4 hr |
| May 4, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Fulton and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 11:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Ohio and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 12:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 44 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 2:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Fulton and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 4:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 5:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fulton | 6 hr |
| May 5, 8:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 69 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 10:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calloway, Fulton | 5 hr |
| May 5, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 73 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fulton | 7 hr |
| May 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Greenup, Kenton, Lewis and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Graves and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 12:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bourbon and 58 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 5:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fulton | 6 hr |
| May 8, 11:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian and 15 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 12:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 10:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Oldham | 5 hr |
| May 11, 12:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 38 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt and 46 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Henderson, Kenton and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt and 35 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Todd County13
- Caldwell County12
- Christian County12
- Lyon County12
- Trigg County12
- Fulton County11
- Graves County11
- Hopkins County11
- Marshall County11
- Muhlenberg County11
- Nelson County11
- Adair County10
- Metcalfe County10
- Calloway County10
- Henderson County10
- Livingston County10
- McLean County10
- Union County10
- Butler County10
- Grayson County10
- Larue County10
- Logan County10
- Ohio County10
- Simpson County10
- Spencer County10
- Warren County10
- Washington County10
- Cumberland County9
- Monroe County9
- Crittenden County9
- Daviess County9
- McCracken County9
- Webster County9
- Breckinridge County9
- Bullitt County9
- Edmonson County9
- Hancock County9
- Hardin County9
- Hart County9
- Meade County9
80 more counties
- Barren County9
- Green County9
- Marion County9
- Taylor County9
- Clinton County8
- Russell County8
- Ballard County8
- Carlisle County8
- Hickman County8
- Jefferson County8
- Allen County8
- Anderson County8
- Mercer County8
- Woodford County8
- Oldham County7
- Shelby County7
- Boyle County7
- Casey County7
- Fayette County7
- Jessamine County7
- Franklin County6
- Henry County6
- Bourbon County6
- Menifee County6
- Campbell County5
- Kenton County5
- Owen County5
- Scott County5
- Garrard County5
- Lincoln County5
- Elliott County5
- Morgan County5
- Rowan County5
- Wolfe County5
- Greenup County5
- Lewis County5
- Laurel County4
- McCreary County4
- Pulaski County4
- Wayne County4
- Boone County4
- Carroll County4
- Gallatin County4
- Grant County4
- Pendleton County4
- Breathitt County4
- Clark County4
- Johnson County4
- Knott County4
- Lawrence County4
- Madison County4
- Magoffin County4
- Montgomery County4
- Powell County4
- Whitley County3
- Trimble County3
- Harrison County3
- Robertson County3
- Bath County3
- Bell County3
- Clay County3
- Estill County3
- Floyd County3
- Harlan County3
- Jackson County3
- Lee County3
- Leslie County3
- Martin County3
- Owsley County3
- Perry County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Fleming County3
- Bracken County3
- Mason County3
- Carter County3
- Knox County2
- Letcher County2
- Nicholas County2
- Boyd County2
- Pike County2
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.