Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2024
27 tornado watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- May12 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 2, 20248 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 27, 10:29 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Ballard, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Breckinridge and 32 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:56 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Boyd, Boyle and 58 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lewis | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Breckinridge and 46 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Breckinridge and 51 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Calloway, Casey, Christian and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:49 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 55 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup, Johnson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more | 8 hr |
| May 7, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath and 69 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup | 7 hr |
| May 8, 2:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 23 more | 4 hr |
| May 8, 11:29 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 11 more | 8 hr |
| May 8, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 28 more | 10 hr |
| May 8, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 9 hr |
| May 26, 3:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 9:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bell, Boyle and 59 more | 8 hr |
| May 26, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 37 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 11:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 61 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Boone and 76 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Daviess County12
- McLean County12
- Webster County12
- Ballard County11
- Crittenden County11
- Henderson County11
- Livingston County11
- McCracken County11
- Union County11
- Christian County11
- Hopkins County11
- Muhlenberg County11
- Todd County11
- Breckinridge County10
- Hancock County10
- Butler County10
- Edmonson County10
- Grayson County10
- Green County10
- Hart County10
- Logan County10
- Ohio County10
- Simpson County10
- Taylor County10
- Warren County10
- Caldwell County10
- Calloway County10
- Lyon County10
- Marshall County10
- Trigg County10
- Bullitt County9
- Jefferson County9
- Meade County9
- Casey County9
- Hardin County9
- Larue County9
- Lincoln County9
- Marion County9
- Carlisle County9
- Graves County9
80 more counties
- Hickman County9
- Anderson County8
- Fayette County8
- Oldham County8
- Shelby County8
- Spencer County8
- Woodford County8
- Adair County8
- Allen County8
- Barren County8
- Boyle County8
- Clark County8
- Clinton County8
- Cumberland County8
- Jessamine County8
- Mercer County8
- Metcalfe County8
- Monroe County8
- Nelson County8
- Russell County8
- Washington County8
- Fulton County8
- Bourbon County7
- Bracken County7
- Carroll County7
- Franklin County7
- Gallatin County7
- Grant County7
- Harrison County7
- Henry County7
- Owen County7
- Pendleton County7
- Scott County7
- Trimble County7
- Garrard County7
- Madison County7
- Montgomery County7
- Boone County6
- Campbell County6
- Kenton County6
- Mason County6
- Nicholas County6
- Robertson County6
- Bath County6
- Carter County6
- Fleming County6
- Rowan County6
- Boyd County5
- Elliott County5
- Estill County5
- Greenup County5
- Lawrence County5
- McCreary County5
- Magoffin County5
- Morgan County5
- Powell County5
- Pulaski County5
- Rockcastle County5
- Wayne County5
- Lewis County5
- Clay County4
- Floyd County4
- Jackson County4
- Johnson County4
- Knox County4
- Laurel County4
- Lee County4
- Martin County4
- Menifee County4
- Owsley County4
- Whitley County4
- Wolfe County4
- Breathitt County3
- Knott County3
- Leslie County3
- Perry County3
- Bell County3
- Pike County3
- Harlan County2
- Letcher County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.