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Tornado Watches in Kentucky, 2026
12 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- March5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 11, 20263 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 19, 1:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 42 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:22 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Lawrence | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 46 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Fleming and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:39 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken, Breathitt and 47 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bourbon, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 15 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County7
- Gallatin County7
- Henry County7
- Jefferson County7
- Meade County7
- Oldham County7
- Owen County7
- Shelby County7
- Trimble County7
- Bullitt County6
- Daviess County6
- Franklin County6
- Harrison County6
- Henderson County6
- Nicholas County6
- Scott County6
- Spencer County6
- Union County6
- Bourbon County5
- Caldwell County5
- Crittenden County5
- Hopkins County5
- McLean County5
- Muhlenberg County5
- Webster County5
- Bracken County5
- Grant County5
- Mason County5
- Pendleton County5
- Robertson County5
- Anderson County4
- Breckinridge County4
- Clark County4
- Fayette County4
- Hancock County4
- Hardin County4
- Woodford County4
- Lewis County4
- Ballard County4
- Calloway County4
66 more counties
- Carlisle County4
- Christian County4
- Graves County4
- Hickman County4
- Livingston County4
- Lyon County4
- McCracken County4
- Marshall County4
- Todd County4
- Trigg County4
- Garrard County3
- Jessamine County3
- Madison County3
- Mercer County3
- Nelson County3
- Boone County3
- Campbell County3
- Kenton County3
- Carter County3
- Greenup County3
- Fleming County3
- Fulton County3
- Boyle County2
- Butler County2
- Edmonson County2
- Grayson County2
- Green County2
- Hart County2
- Larue County2
- Marion County2
- Ohio County2
- Taylor County2
- Washington County2
- Boyd County2
- Lawrence County2
- Bath County2
- Elliott County2
- Rowan County2
- Adair County1
- Allen County1
- Barren County1
- Casey County1
- Clinton County1
- Cumberland County1
- Lincoln County1
- Logan County1
- Metcalfe County1
- Monroe County1
- Russell County1
- Simpson County1
- Warren County1
- Breathitt County1
- Estill County1
- Floyd County1
- Johnson County1
- Knott County1
- Lee County1
- Magoffin County1
- Martin County1
- Menifee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Morgan County1
- Owsley County1
- Pike County1
- Powell County1
- Wolfe County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.