Kentucky

Storms in Kentucky in 2017

1,345 events in 153 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2017, 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 2017 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
1,345
Deaths
5
Injuries
14
Damage
$28 million
Episodes
153

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 Wind53100$740,000
Hail20911$408,000
Dense Fog14300
Strong Wind13103$220,000
Flash Flood12010$8.5 million
Winter Weather5011$15,000
Flood4800$22,000
Tornado2908$18 million
Heat2311
Frost/Freeze2200
Excessive Heat2200
Lightning600$46,000
Funnel Cloud400
Heavy Rain400
Heavy Snow210
High Wind100

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.