Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2020
15 tornado watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- March9 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 12, 20203 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 11, 7:57 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Caldwell, Christian, Daviess, Hancock and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:21 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 55 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 48 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:04 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Clinton and 21 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Daviess County8
- McLean County8
- Muhlenberg County8
- Ohio County8
- Todd County8
- Butler County7
- Caldwell County7
- Christian County7
- Hancock County7
- Hopkins County7
- Logan County7
- Lyon County7
- Simpson County7
- Trigg County7
- Warren County7
- Ballard County7
- Carlisle County7
- Fulton County7
- Graves County7
- Hickman County7
- McCracken County7
- Allen County6
- Calloway County6
- Crittenden County6
- Henderson County6
- Livingston County6
- Marshall County6
- Union County6
- Webster County6
- Breckinridge County6
- Edmonson County6
- Grayson County6
- Hardin County6
- Barren County5
- Hart County5
- Meade County5
- Adair County5
- Cumberland County5
- Boyle County4
- Bullitt County4
80 more counties
- Casey County4
- Clinton County4
- Green County4
- Larue County4
- Mercer County4
- Metcalfe County4
- Monroe County4
- Russell County4
- Taylor County4
- Garrard County3
- Jessamine County3
- Lincoln County3
- McCreary County3
- Madison County3
- Marion County3
- Nelson County3
- Pulaski County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Washington County3
- Wayne County3
- Jefferson County3
- Oldham County3
- Trimble County3
- Woodford County3
- Anderson County2
- Franklin County2
- Henry County2
- Shelby County2
- Spencer County2
- Bourbon County2
- Bracken County2
- Campbell County2
- Clark County2
- Fayette County2
- Harrison County2
- Lewis County2
- Mason County2
- Nicholas County2
- Pendleton County2
- Robertson County2
- Scott County2
- Bath County2
- Bell County2
- Breathitt County2
- Carter County2
- Clay County2
- Elliott County2
- Estill County2
- Fleming County2
- Greenup County2
- Harlan County2
- Jackson County2
- Knott County2
- Knox County2
- Laurel County2
- Lee County2
- Leslie County2
- Magoffin County2
- Menifee County2
- Montgomery County2
- Morgan County2
- Owsley County2
- Perry County2
- Powell County2
- Rowan County2
- Whitley County2
- Wolfe County2
- Boone County1
- Carroll County1
- Gallatin County1
- Grant County1
- Kenton County1
- Owen County1
- Boyd County1
- Floyd County1
- Johnson County1
- Lawrence County1
- Letcher County1
- Martin County1
- Pike County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.