Storms in Kentucky in 2006

1,822 events in 962 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2006, 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 2006 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: 1,822
Deaths: 8
Injuries: 46
Damage: $51 million
Episodes: 962

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	760	0	2	$2.5 million
Hail	453	1	5	$1.0 million
Flash Flood	159	7	1	$3.9 million
Winter Weather	77	0	0
Strong Wind	70	0	0	$88,000
Heat	69	0	4
High Wind	46	0	0	$250,000
Flood	44	0	0	$372,000
Heavy Rain	25	0	0
Dense Fog	25	0	0
Tornado	22	0	34	$43 million
Frost/Freeze	22	0	0
Heavy Snow	15	0	0
Funnel Cloud	13	0	0
Winter Storm	11	0	0
Lightning	8	0	0	$67,000
Wildfire	3	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2006

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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.