Kentucky

Storms in Kentucky in 2019

1,522 events in 219 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky in 2019, 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 2019 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
1,522
Deaths
13
Injuries
12
Damage
$14 million
Episodes
219

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 Wind44700$1.9 million
Flood23642$3.3 million
Strong Wind15901$213,000
Flash Flood13331$2.5 million
Winter Weather11404$115,000
Hail6910$439,000
Frost/Freeze6600
Heat6310
Heavy Rain5700
Drought3900
Dense Fog3500$110,000
Tornado3024$5.7 million
Excessive Heat2800
Winter Storm1600$45,000
Cold/Wind Chill900
Lightning700$10,000
Funnel Cloud300
Wildfire300
High Wind300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill220
Freezing Fog200
Heavy Snow100

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.