Storms in Kentucky in 1989
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1989, 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 1989 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
- 156
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 25
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 39
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 | 93 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hail | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 20 | 0 | 22 | $13 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1989
March 1989
April 1989
- Tornado in Kentucky, April 2, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 3, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 4, 1989
- Hail in Kentucky, April 26, 1989
- Hail in Kentucky, April 28, 1989
May 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 5, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 19, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 20, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 22, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 26, 1989
June 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 1, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, June 3, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 12, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 13, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 18, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 26, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 27, 1989
July 1989
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 1, 1989
- Hail in Kentucky, July 7, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 10, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 11, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 12, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 19, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 27, 1989
August 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 6, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 17, 1989
- Hail in Kentucky, August 18, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 23, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 29, 1989
September 1989
November 1989
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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.