Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2008
28 tornado watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 28
- Busiest month
- June8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 4, 20086 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 8, 9:34 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:26 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 37 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:07 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Franklin and 15 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boyle and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:32 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 29, 6:07 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson and 9 more | 113 min |
| Feb 5, 4:09 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 53 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:41 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd and 44 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Harlan and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:28 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:51 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey, Clay and 35 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 11:44 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 9 hr |
| May 11, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Greenup and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:06 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:18 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Livingston and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:52 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 1 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ballard County12
- McCracken County12
- Carlisle County11
- Livingston County11
- Fulton County10
- Graves County10
- Hickman County10
- Crittenden County10
- Calloway County8
- Marshall County8
- Caldwell County8
- Daviess County8
- Henderson County8
- Union County8
- Webster County8
- Hopkins County7
- Lyon County7
- McLean County7
- Trigg County7
- Boyd County7
- Carter County7
- Greenup County7
- Lawrence County7
- Christian County6
- Muhlenberg County6
- Todd County6
- Boone County6
- Bracken County6
- Campbell County6
- Kenton County6
- Robertson County6
- Carroll County5
- Gallatin County5
- Grant County5
- Harrison County5
- Lewis County5
- Mason County5
- Nicholas County5
- Owen County5
- Pendleton County5
80 more counties
- Elliott County5
- Jessamine County5
- Madison County5
- Owsley County5
- Whitley County5
- Wolfe County5
- Henry County4
- Oldham County4
- Shelby County4
- Spencer County4
- Trimble County4
- Bourbon County4
- Adair County4
- Bath County4
- Casey County4
- Clark County4
- Clinton County4
- Cumberland County4
- Estill County4
- Fayette County4
- Garrard County4
- Jackson County4
- Laurel County4
- Lee County4
- Lincoln County4
- McCreary County4
- Mercer County4
- Metcalfe County4
- Monroe County4
- Pulaski County4
- Rockcastle County4
- Rowan County4
- Russell County4
- Wayne County4
- Breathitt County4
- Clay County4
- Johnson County4
- Knox County4
- Magoffin County4
- Bullitt County3
- Edmonson County3
- Hart County3
- Jefferson County3
- Larue County3
- Nelson County3
- Simpson County3
- Warren County3
- Franklin County3
- Scott County3
- Allen County3
- Anderson County3
- Barren County3
- Boyle County3
- Green County3
- Marion County3
- Morgan County3
- Powell County3
- Taylor County3
- Washington County3
- Woodford County3
- Fleming County3
- Bell County3
- Floyd County3
- Knott County3
- Leslie County3
- Martin County3
- Perry County3
- Pike County3
- Breckinridge County2
- Butler County2
- Grayson County2
- Hancock County2
- Hardin County2
- Logan County2
- Meade County2
- Ohio County2
- Menifee County2
- Montgomery County2
- Harlan County2
- Letcher 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.