Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches / 2004

Tornado Watches in Kentucky, May 2004

15 tornado watches in May 2004. 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 May 2004. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
15
Busiest day
May 30, 20047 tornado watches

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 11:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBreckinridge, Bullitt, Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, Jefferson and 5 more5 hr
May 26, 2:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken8 hr
May 26, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCrittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston, McLean and 3 more5 hr
May 27, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken and 28 more5 hr
May 27, 8:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBreckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess and 17 more5 hr
May 27, 10:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Clinton and 30 more6 hr
May 30, 12:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Carlisle and 29 more7 hr
May 30, 2:05 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Fulton6 hr
May 30, 2:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon and 67 more7 hr
May 30, 4:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCalloway, Fulton8 hr
May 30, 4:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 1 more5 hr
May 30, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Carlisle, Hickman, McCracken6 hr
May 30, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 27 more8 hr
May 30, 9:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon and 69 more7 hr
May 31, 12:40 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCFloyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike5 hr

By county

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

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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.