Kentucky

Storms in Kentucky in 2014

1,785 events in 210 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2014, 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 2014 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
1,785
Deaths
11
Injuries
26
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
210

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 Wind61804$843,000
Winter Storm24010$1.0 million
Hail15200$594,000
Winter Weather107419
Flash Flood9730$5.6 million
Flood8810$100,000
Dense Fog8700
Heavy Snow7900
Strong Wind7801$221,000
Frost/Freeze4400$110,000
Heat4400
Cold/Wind Chill3820
Tornado2902$2.8 million
Funnel Cloud2000
Heavy Rain1900
Ice Storm1200
Drought1000
Lightning900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800$1.2 million
High Wind500$17,000
Sleet100

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.