Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2011
39 tornado watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 39
- Busiest month
- April22 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 27, 20116 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:54 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Butler, Casey and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 27, 5:31 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Casey, Clinton and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:33 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bourbon and 65 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 105 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:22 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:34 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:31 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Bell, Breathitt, Casey, Clay, Clinton and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 55 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 60 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:04 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 67 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 46 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 49 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:07 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:34 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 21 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 92 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 12:09 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 47 more | 10 hr |
| May 25, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 9:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 65 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 47 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Bell, Clinton, Cumberland, Knox, Logan and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Barren, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, McCracken | 9 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 66 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:43 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Campbell, Casey, Clark and 16 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Logan County19
- Barren County19
- Metcalfe County19
- Adair County18
- Allen County18
- Green County18
- Hart County18
- Monroe County18
- Taylor County18
- Warren County18
- Caldwell County17
- Casey County17
- Clinton County17
- Cumberland County17
- Edmonson County17
- Marion County17
- Russell County17
- Simpson County17
- Calloway County16
- Christian County16
- Lyon County16
- McCracken County16
- Muhlenberg County16
- Todd County16
- Trigg County16
- Webster County16
- Butler County16
- Larue County16
- Lincoln County16
- Washington County16
- Ballard County15
- Hopkins County15
- Livingston County15
- McLean County15
- Marshall County15
- Boyle County15
- Grayson County15
- Ohio County15
- Nelson County15
- Carlisle County14
80 more counties
- Crittenden County14
- Anderson County14
- Breckinridge County14
- Clark County14
- Daviess County14
- Fayette County14
- Garrard County14
- Hancock County14
- Henderson County14
- Jessamine County14
- Madison County14
- Meade County14
- Mercer County14
- Spencer County14
- Woodford County14
- Graves County13
- Bourbon County13
- Bullitt County13
- Hardin County13
- Harrison County13
- Jefferson County13
- Nicholas County13
- Scott County13
- Shelby County13
- Fulton County12
- Hickman County12
- Franklin County12
- Henry County12
- Oldham County12
- Union County12
- Trimble County11
- Bell County10
- Jackson County10
- Knox County10
- McCreary County10
- Pulaski County10
- Rockcastle County10
- Wayne County10
- Whitley County10
- Bracken County9
- Campbell County9
- Mason County9
- Pendleton County9
- Robertson County9
- Breathitt County9
- Clay County9
- Estill County9
- Harlan County9
- Laurel County9
- Lee County9
- Leslie County9
- Owsley County9
- Perry County9
- Powell County9
- Rowan County9
- Boone County8
- Carroll County8
- Gallatin County8
- Grant County8
- Kenton County8
- Lewis County8
- Owen County8
- Bath County8
- Elliott County8
- Fleming County8
- Knott County8
- Letcher County8
- Magoffin County8
- Menifee County8
- Montgomery County8
- Morgan County8
- Wolfe County8
- Boyd County7
- Carter County7
- Floyd County7
- Johnson County7
- Lawrence County7
- Martin County7
- Pike County7
- Greenup County6
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Rebuilt daily.