Storms in Kentucky in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 164
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 81
- Damage
- $26 million
- Episodes
- 27
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 | 112 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 42 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 10 | 1 | 79 | $26 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1986
March 1986
April 1986
May 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 7, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 11, 1986
- Hail in Kentucky, May 13, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 14, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 24, 1986
June 1986
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 1, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 11, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 23, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 30, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 10, 1986
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, July 11, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 12, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 13, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 20, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 31, 1986
August 1986
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 7, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 19, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 26, 1986
- Hail in Kentucky, August 27, 1986
October 1986
More
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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.