Storms in Kentucky in 2012
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2012, 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 2012 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
The year
- Events
- 2,314
- Deaths
- 29
- Injuries
- 251
- Damage
- $165 million
- Episodes
- 216
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 | 825 | 2 | 4 | $4.0 million |
| Hail | 392 | 2 | 1 | $2.4 million |
| Winter Weather | 292 | 0 | 13 | $35,000 |
| Drought | 162 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 97 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Dense Fog | 95 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 81 | 1 | 8 | $1.3 million |
| Heat | 70 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 56 | 23 | 220 | $157 million |
| Heavy Rain | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 41 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Flood | 28 | 0 | 0 | $264,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 11 | 0 | 4 | $20,000 |
| High Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $129,000 |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Debris Flow | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2012
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, January 1, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 2, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 2, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 2 to 3, 2012
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, January 11, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 12, 2012
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 14 to 15, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 17, 2012
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 17, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Kentucky, January 17, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 20 to 21, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 21, 2012
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, January 22 to 23, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 23, 2012
- Flooding in Kentucky, January 24 to 31, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Kentucky, January 26, 2012
- Flooding in Kentucky, January 27, 2012
February 2012
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 1 to 6, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 8, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 10 to 11, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 10 to 11, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 10, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 11 to 12, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 13 to 14, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 14, 2012
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, February 17, 2012
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 19, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, February 22, 2012
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, February 22, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, February 22, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, February 23, 2012
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kentucky, February 29, 2012
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 29, 2012
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kentucky, February 29, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, February 29, 2012
March 2012
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 3, 2012
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, March 2, 2012
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, March 2, 2012
- Tornadoes and Flood in Kentucky, March 2, 2012
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, March 2, 2012
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kentucky, March 4 to 5, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 4 to 5, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, March 4 to 5, 2012
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kentucky, March 5, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, March 8, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, March 14, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, March 15, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Kentucky, March 15, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, March 15, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, March 15, 2012
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, March 15 to 16, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, March 15, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, March 17, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, March 17, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, March 23, 2012
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 23 to 24, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 23, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, March 23, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, March 28, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, March 28, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 28, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, March 30, 2012
April 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, April 2, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, April 3 to 4, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, April 3, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, April 5, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 25, 2012
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, April 26, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, April 26, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 26, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, April 26, 2012
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, April 26, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, April 28, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 30, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 30, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 30, 2012
May 2012
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 1, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, May 1, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, May 1, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 4, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 5, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, May 5, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, May 5, 2012
- Drought in Kentucky, May 12 to 31, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 20, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, May 21, 2012
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, May 21, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, May 29, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, May 29, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 29, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 31, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 31, 2012
June 2012
- Drought in Kentucky, June 1 to 30, 2012
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, June 4, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 11, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 11, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Kentucky, June 16, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, June 16, 2012
- Heat in Kentucky, June 28 to 30, 2012
- Wildfire in Kentucky, June 28, 2012
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Kentucky, June 28 to 30, 2012
- Heat in Kentucky, June 28 to 30, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 30, 2012
July 2012
- Heat in Kentucky, July 1 to 7, 2012
- Drought in Kentucky, July 1 to 31, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat in Kentucky, July 1 to 8, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 1, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 1, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 1, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 1, 2012
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, July 2, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 2, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 3, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 4, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 5, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 5, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 5, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 5, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 5, 2012
- Heat in Kentucky, July 6, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 6, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 7, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 8, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 11, 2012
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 14, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, July 17 to 18, 2012
- Excessive Heat in Kentucky, July 18 to 19, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 18, 2012
- Flood and Hail in Kentucky, July 18, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 18, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, July 19, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 19 to 20, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, July 19, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 19, 2012
- Heat in Kentucky, July 24 to 26, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 24, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, July 24, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, July 25, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, July 26 to 27, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 26, 2012
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 26 to 27, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 26 to 27, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 27, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 27, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 27, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 27, 2012
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, July 31, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, July 31, 2012
August 2012
- Drought in Kentucky, August 1 to 31, 2012
- Flood and Hail in Kentucky, August 1, 2012
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, August 2 to 3, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 3, 2012
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 3, 2012
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 3, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, August 5, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, August 5, 2012
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, August 5, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, August 5, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kentucky, August 6, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, August 7, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 9, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 9, 2012
- Flood and Hail in Kentucky, August 9, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 10, 2012
- Wildfire in Kentucky, August 11, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, August 15, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 16, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kentucky, August 16, 2012
September 2012
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, September 1, 2012
- Drought in Kentucky, September 1 to 30, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 2, 2012
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 5, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 5, 2012
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kentucky, September 5, 2012
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, September 6, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, September 6, 2012
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Kentucky, September 7, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 7, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 7 to 8, 2012
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kentucky, September 17 to 18, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, September 26, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, September 26, 2012
October 2012
- Drought in Kentucky, October 1 to 31, 2012
- Frost and Freeze in Kentucky, October 11, 2012
- Tornado in Kentucky, October 14, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, October 18, 2012
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kentucky, October 28 to 30, 2012
November 2012
- Drought in Kentucky, November 1 to 30, 2012
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, November 8, 2012
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, November 21, 2012
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, November 22, 2012
December 2012
- Drought in Kentucky, December 1 to 31, 2012
- Heavy Rain in Kentucky, December 9, 2012
- Hail in Kentucky, December 17, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, December 17, 2012
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Kentucky, December 20, 2012
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Kentucky, December 20, 2012
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Kentucky, December 20, 2012
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 21, 2012
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, December 24, 2012
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 26, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 28 to 29, 2012
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, December 28 to 29, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 28 to 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, December 28 to 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 28 to 29, 2012
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 28 to 29, 2012
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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.