Storms in Kentucky in 2003

1,488 events in 618 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2003, 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 2003 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: 1,488
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 57
Damage: $120 million
Episodes: 618

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	412	0	0	$680,000
Hail	336	0	2	$31 million
Flash Flood	199	4	4	$14 million
Flood	157	0	0	$21 million
Winter Weather	79	0	0
Heavy Snow	52	0	0
Ice Storm	43	1	0	$29 million
Tornado	39	3	47	$26 million
Winter Storm	33	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	26	0	1
Heavy Rain	22	0	0
High Wind	22	0	0	$42,000
Heat	22	0	2
Dense Fog	16	0	0
Debris Flow	10	0	0
Frost/Freeze	8	0	0
Lightning	6	0	1	$20,000
Strong Wind	4	0	0	$12,000
Funnel Cloud	2	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.