Storms in Kentucky in 1998

1,255 events in 529 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 1998, 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 1998 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: 1,255
Deaths: 12
Injuries: 29
Damage: $565 million
Episodes: 529

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	411	0	4	$6.7 million
Hail	227	0	0	$510 million
Flash Flood	176	1	4	$15 million
Heavy Snow	101	5	5	$11 million
Heat	78	1	0
Flood	61	0	0	$2.3 million
Winter Weather	51	0	0
Winter Storm	50	0	0
Dense Fog	27	0	0
Drought	22	0	0
Tornado	17	3	9	$19 million
High Wind	16	2	7	$106,000
Lightning	9	0	0	$162,000
Cold/Wind Chill	4	0	0
Heavy Rain	4	0	0
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.