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Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2009

24 tornado watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
24
Busiest month
April7 tornado watches
Busiest day
October 9, 20093 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 11:38 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 58 more6 hr
Feb 11, 1:59 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 32 more7 hr
Feb 18, 12:09 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt and 51 more6 hr
Mar 8, 11:39 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more7 hr
Mar 8, 2:52 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Barren, Boone, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 23 more5 hr
Mar 28, 3:23 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian and 20 more7 hr
Mar 28, 7:24 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey and 21 more4 hr
Apr 2, 3:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian and 22 more4 hr
Apr 2, 6:27 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 52 more3 hr
Apr 5, 12:44 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Ballard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell and 33 more6 hr
Apr 5, 6:37 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 55 more5 hr
Apr 10, 9:53 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 64 more7 hr
Apr 10, 2:51 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more6 hr
Apr 13, 1:58 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 49 more7 hr
May 8, 10:21 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more7 hr
May 8, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland and 18 more7 hr
Jun 11, 12:06 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBreckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Crittenden, Daviess, Edmonson and 15 more5 hr
Jun 11, 5:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 44 more6 hr
Jun 11, 9:18 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne and 1 more4 hr
Jun 19, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Campbell, Kenton8 hr
Aug 19, 6:11 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Campbell, Kenton5 hr
Oct 8, 9:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more7 hr
Oct 9, 1:24 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 11 more7 hr
Oct 9, 3:17 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 28 more4 hr

By county

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

80 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. October 9, 20093tornado watches
  2. February 11, 20092tornado watches
  3. March 8, 20092tornado watches
  4. March 28, 20092tornado watches
  5. April 2, 20092tornado watches
  6. April 5, 20092tornado watches
  7. April 10, 20092tornado watches
  8. May 8, 20092tornado watches
  9. June 11, 20092tornado watches
  10. February 18, 20091tornado watches
  11. April 13, 20091tornado watches
  12. June 12, 20091tornado watches

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.