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Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2023

21 tornado watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
21
Busiest month
February5 tornado watches
Busiest day
March 3, 20233 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
Jan 3, 3:56 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Calloway, Christian and 20 more8 hr
Feb 16, 5:51 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 11 more7 hr
Feb 16, 1:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Logan, Metcalfe and 3 more7 hr
Feb 22, 1:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBallard, McCracken5 hr
Feb 27, 1:28 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Campbell, Kenton5 hr
Feb 27, 4:07 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCGreenup3 hr
Mar 3, 7:24 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBreckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian and 25 more7 hr
Mar 3, 12:07 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 62 more4 hr
Mar 3, 3:19 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt, Campbell, Carroll and 26 more4 hr
Mar 31, 1:28 PM EDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken11 hr
Mar 31, 7:59 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 55 more7 hr
Mar 31, 11:09 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 3 more4 hr
Apr 1, 2:49 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary and 5 more4 hr
Apr 5, 9:44 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more7 hr
Apr 5, 10:25 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin and 12 more7 hr
Jun 25, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 39 more7 hr
Jun 25, 4:18 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more4 hr
Aug 6, 9:37 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBullitt, Daviess, Henderson, Henry, Jefferson, Meade and 5 more7 hr
Aug 7, 10:57 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 72 more7 hr
Dec 9, 12:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Barren, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Christian and 21 more9 hr
Dec 9, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Boyle, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln and 7 more7 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. March 3, 20233tornado watches
  2. February 16, 20232tornado watches
  3. February 27, 20232tornado watches
  4. March 31, 20232tornado watches
  5. April 1, 20232tornado watches
  6. April 5, 20232tornado watches
  7. June 25, 20232tornado watches
  8. August 7, 20232tornado watches
  9. December 9, 20232tornado watches
  10. January 3, 20231tornado watches
  11. February 22, 20231tornado 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.