Storms in Kentucky in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1971, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Kentucky in 1971 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 96
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- 130
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 26
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 55 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 20 | 9 | 130 | $13 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 19, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, February 21, 1971
March 1971
April 1971
May 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 5, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 6, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 7, 1971
- Hail in Kentucky, May 8, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 19, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 24, 1971
June 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 6, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 13, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 14, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 15, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 19, 1971
- Hail in Kentucky, June 28, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 7, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 10, 1971
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 11, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 13, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 14, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 15, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 18, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 25, 1971
December 1971
More
Every year in KentuckyEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Kentucky in 197119701972
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.