Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches / 2020
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, March 2020
9 tornado watches in March 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 March 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 9
- Busiest day
- March 12, 20203 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ballard County6
- Carlisle County6
- Fulton County6
- Graves County6
- Hickman County6
- McCracken County6
- Caldwell County5
- Calloway County5
- Christian County5
- Crittenden County5
- Daviess County5
- Henderson County5
- Hopkins County5
- Livingston County5
- Lyon County5
- McLean County5
- Marshall County5
- Muhlenberg County5
- Todd County5
- Trigg County5
- Union County5
- Webster County5
- Ohio County5
- Breckinridge County4
- Butler County4
- Edmonson County4
- Grayson County4
- Hancock County4
- Hardin County4
- Logan County4
- Simpson County4
- Warren County4
- Allen County3
- Barren County3
- Hart County3
- Meade County3
- Bullitt County3
- Adair County2
- Boyle County2
- Casey County2
29 more counties
- Cumberland County2
- Green County2
- Larue County2
- Marion County2
- Mercer County2
- Metcalfe County2
- Monroe County2
- Nelson County2
- Taylor County2
- Washington County2
- Jefferson County2
- Oldham County2
- Trimble County2
- Clinton County1
- Garrard County1
- Jessamine County1
- Lincoln County1
- McCreary County1
- Madison County1
- Pulaski County1
- Rockcastle County1
- Russell County1
- Wayne County1
- Anderson County1
- Franklin County1
- Henry County1
- Shelby County1
- Spencer County1
- Woodford County1
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.