Storms in Kentucky in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 106
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $1.0 million
- Episodes
- 37
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 | 73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 19 | 0 | 15 | $1.0 million |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
April 1973
May 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 8, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 10, 1973
- Hail in Kentucky, May 19, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 23, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 25, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 26, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 27, 1973
June 1973
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 2, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 5, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 12, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 17, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 20, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 24, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 26, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 27, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, June 29, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 30, 1973
July 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 1, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 3, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 4, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 19, 1973
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 22, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 23, 1973
August 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 9, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 12, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 20, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 30, 1973
September 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, September 5, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, September 24, 1973
- Tornado in Kentucky, September 29, 1973
October 1973
November 1973
December 1973
More
Every year in KentuckyEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in Kentucky in 197319721974
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.