Storms in Kentucky in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 73
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 33
- Damage
- $3.6 million
- Episodes
- 22
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 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 1 | 33 | $3.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1979
March 1979
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 4, 1979
- Tornado in Kentucky, March 23, 1979
- Tornado in Kentucky, March 31, 1979
April 1979
May 1979
June 1979
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 6, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 7, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 8, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 20, 1979
- Hail in Kentucky, June 21, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 22, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, June 29, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 30, 1979
July 1979
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 4, 1979
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 12, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 15, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 23, 1979
August 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 6, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 20, 1979
- Hail in Kentucky, August 29, 1979
October 1979
More
Every year in KentuckyEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Kentucky in 197919781980
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.