Storms in Kentucky in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 236
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 28
- Damage
- $83,000
- Episodes
- 38
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 | 212 | 0 | 13 | |
| Hail | 17 | 0 | 12 | |
| Tornado | 7 | 0 | 3 | $83,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1987
April 1987
May 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 3, 1987
- Hail in Kentucky, May 12, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 14, 1987
- Hail in Kentucky, May 15, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 19, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 21, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 24, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 30, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 31, 1987
June 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 1, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, June 2, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 9, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 12, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, June 13, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 15, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, June 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 22, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 23, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 24, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 30, 1987
July 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 4, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 5, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 11, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 13, 1987
- Hail in Kentucky, July 15, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 26, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 27, 1987
August 1987
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.