Kentucky

Storms in Kentucky in 2009

2,113 events in 223 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2009, 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 2009 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
2,113
Deaths
26
Injuries
36
Damage
$366 million
Episodes
223

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind57802$1.9 million
Hail26311$1.3 million
Winter Weather22310$15,000
Flash Flood21613$49 million
High Wind11703$1.4 million
Heavy Rain8400$15,000
Strong Wind8200$77,000
Flood7733$341,000
Ice Storm77111$307 million
Heavy Snow7500$20,000
Dense Fog6800
Winter Storm6170$938,000
Tornado41223$3.6 million
Frost/Freeze3600
Heat3400
Funnel Cloud3000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2200
Lightning1700$150,000
Freezing Fog1000
Sleet200

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.