Kentucky

Storms in Kentucky in 2011

2,689 events in 275 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2011, 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 2011 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
2,689
Deaths
13
Injuries
40
Damage
$72 million
Episodes
275

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 Wind94000$1.3 million
Hail41201$2.2 million
Winter Weather26601$66,000
Flood26524$33 million
Flash Flood16010$18 million
Heavy Rain9700
Heat8900
Heavy Snow8722
Dense Fog7400
Tornado70421$18 million
Strong Wind5900$55,000
Excessive Heat5018
Frost/Freeze4400
Funnel Cloud3000
Drought2200
Lightning1300$250,000
Winter Storm622$45,000
Freezing Fog311
High Wind200

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.