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Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2022
14 tornado watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- January3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- January 1, 20223 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 1, 12:57 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Calloway, Carlisle and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 1, 11:50 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Casey, Clinton and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 1, 1:56 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knott and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:52 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:52 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup, Johnson and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 23 more | 4 hr |
| May 3, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter and 14 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 1:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Franklin, Gallatin and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Greenup | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Calloway County6
- Carlisle County6
- Christian County6
- Graves County6
- Hickman County6
- Lyon County6
- Marshall County6
- Muhlenberg County6
- Todd County6
- Trigg County6
- Fulton County5
- Ballard County5
- Caldwell County5
- Crittenden County5
- Hopkins County5
- Livingston County5
- McCracken County5
- McLean County5
- Webster County5
- Logan County4
- Daviess County4
- Henderson County4
- Union County4
- Greenup County4
- Adair County3
- Allen County3
- Barren County3
- Butler County3
- Clay County3
- Cumberland County3
- Edmonson County3
- Green County3
- Hart County3
- Jackson County3
- Knox County3
- Laurel County3
- McCreary County3
- Metcalfe County3
- Monroe County3
- Owsley County3
64 more counties
- Pulaski County3
- Rockcastle County3
- Simpson County3
- Taylor County3
- Warren County3
- Wayne County3
- Whitley County3
- Oldham County3
- Casey County2
- Clinton County2
- Lincoln County2
- Russell County2
- Larue County2
- Marion County2
- Bell County2
- Breathitt County2
- Harlan County2
- Knott County2
- Leslie County2
- Letcher County2
- Perry County2
- Breckinridge County2
- Grayson County2
- Hancock County2
- Meade County2
- Ohio County2
- Boyd County2
- Carter County2
- Floyd County2
- Pike County2
- Jefferson County2
- Shelby County2
- Boone County2
- Bracken County2
- Campbell County2
- Carroll County2
- Gallatin County2
- Grant County2
- Harrison County2
- Henry County2
- Kenton County2
- Lewis County2
- Mason County2
- Owen County2
- Pendleton County2
- Robertson County2
- Trimble County2
- Boyle County1
- Lee County1
- Elliott County1
- Johnson County1
- Lawrence County1
- Magoffin County1
- Martin County1
- Morgan County1
- Rowan County1
- Bullitt County1
- Hardin County1
- Nelson County1
- Spencer County1
- Washington County1
- Fleming County1
- Franklin County1
- Scott 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.