Storms in Kentucky in 1996

1,078 events in 697 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Kentucky in 1996 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

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The year

Events: 1,078
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 77
Damage: $166 million
Episodes: 697

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	321	1	16	$2.5 million
Heavy Snow	157	0	0	$1,000
Hail	125	0	0	$21 million
Flash Flood	116	2	1	$21 million
Flood	90	0	0	$362,000
Cold/Wind Chill	77	0	0	$275,000
Winter Storm	75	0	0	$2.9 million
Tornado	31	0	58	$118 million
High Wind	26	1	0	$123,000
Drought	22	0	0
Winter Weather	13	0	0
Ice Storm	12	0	0
Lightning	12	1	2	$267,000
Wildfire	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Kentucky Every state in 1996 Tornadoes in Kentucky in 1996 Warnings in Kentucky in 1996 1995 1997

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.