Storms in Kentucky in 2000

1,331 events in 576 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2000, 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 2000 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: 1,331
Deaths: 7
Injuries: 121
Damage: $144 million
Episodes: 576

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	545	2	2	$988,000
Hail	176	2	1	$708,000
Flash Flood	157	1	1	$18 million
Heavy Snow	95	0	0
High Wind	67	0	0	$101,000
Winter Storm	61	0	0
Flood	60	0	0	$11,000
Dense Fog	32	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	30	0	0
Tornado	24	1	51	$124 million
Frost/Freeze	22	0	0
Excessive Heat	16	0	0
Ice Storm	12	0	0	$25,000
Lightning	9	1	1	$110,000
Heavy Rain	9	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	8	0	0
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Winter Weather	2	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	0
Heat	1	0	65

Every episode, month by month

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December 2000

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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.