Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2006
31 tornado watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 31
- Busiest month
- April12 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 7, 20064 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 1, 11:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 2, 6:38 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:13 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:52 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:18 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:07 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:06 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:43 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fulton | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon and 62 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lewis | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:33 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 11:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 49 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Gallatin, Owen | 7 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd and 56 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:29 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 6 hr |
| May 10, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll and 24 more | 4 hr |
| May 10, 11:12 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 5 hr |
| May 25, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell and 22 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 53 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 22, 9:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 38 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Boyle, Butler and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 23, 9:49 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 42 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:44 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 55 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fulton County20
- Ballard County19
- Carlisle County19
- Hickman County19
- McCracken County19
- Graves County18
- Calloway County17
- Livingston County17
- Lyon County17
- Marshall County17
- Caldwell County16
- Trigg County16
- Christian County15
- Crittenden County15
- Daviess County15
- Hopkins County15
- McLean County15
- Muhlenberg County15
- Todd County15
- Webster County15
- Henderson County14
- Union County14
- Ohio County11
- Hancock County10
- Breckinridge County9
- Meade County9
- Butler County8
- Edmonson County8
- Grayson County8
- Hardin County8
- Logan County8
- Simpson County8
- Warren County8
- Bullitt County8
- Adair County8
- Clinton County8
- Cumberland County8
- Green County8
- Marion County8
- Metcalfe County8
80 more counties
- Monroe County8
- Nelson County8
- Russell County8
- Spencer County8
- Taylor County8
- Washington County8
- Allen County7
- Barren County7
- Hart County7
- Jefferson County7
- Larue County7
- Oldham County7
- Anderson County7
- Boone County7
- Boyle County7
- Campbell County7
- Casey County7
- Franklin County7
- Garrard County7
- Henry County7
- Jessamine County7
- Kenton County7
- Lincoln County7
- Mercer County7
- Scott County7
- Shelby County7
- Woodford County7
- Carroll County6
- Clark County6
- Fayette County6
- Gallatin County6
- Grant County6
- Lewis County6
- Madison County6
- Owen County6
- Pendleton County6
- Trimble County6
- Bourbon County5
- Bracken County5
- Harrison County5
- Mason County5
- Nicholas County5
- Pulaski County5
- Robertson County5
- Rockcastle County5
- Wayne County5
- McCreary County4
- Bath County3
- Elliott County3
- Estill County3
- Fleming County3
- Jackson County3
- Lee County3
- Menifee County3
- Montgomery County3
- Morgan County3
- Powell County3
- Rowan County3
- Wolfe County3
- Bell County2
- Breathitt County2
- Clay County2
- Knox County2
- Laurel County2
- Leslie County2
- Owsley County2
- Perry County2
- Whitley County2
- Boyd County2
- Carter County2
- Greenup County2
- Floyd County1
- Harlan County1
- Johnson County1
- Knott County1
- Lawrence County1
- Letcher County1
- Magoffin County1
- Martin County1
- Pike County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.