Kentucky, 2025

Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 18 to 19, 2025

February 18 to 19, 2025 · NWS LMK · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

A wave of low pressure brought a round of moderate to heavy snow to central and southern portions of central Kentucky from the evening of February 18, 2025 through the morning of February 19, 2025.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • 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 toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.

A wave of low pressure brought a round of moderate to heavy snow to central and southern portions of central Kentucky from the evening of February 18, 2025 through the morning of February 19, 2025.

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Event by event

6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Grayson

When
February 18, 6:00 PM CST to February 19, 8:00 AM CST
Where
Grayson forecast zone
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
37.461, -86.344 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy snowfall of around 4 inches was reported in Grayson County.

Heavy Snow, Hardin

When
February 18, 7:00 PM EST to February 19, 7:00 AM EST
Where
Hardin forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
37.698, -85.963 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy snowfall of 3.5 to 4 inches was reported in Hardin County.

Heavy Snow, Madison

When
February 18, 7:00 PM EST to February 19, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Madison forecast zone
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
37.720, -84.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy snowfall of 3 to 4 inches was reported in Madison County.

Heavy Snow, Nelson

When
February 18, 7:00 PM EST to February 19, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Nelson forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
37.805, -85.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy snowfall of 3.5 to 4 inches was reported in Nelson County.

Heavy Snow, Logan

When
February 18, 7:00 PM EST to February 19, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Logan forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
36.860, -86.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy snowfall of 3.5 to 4 inches was reported in Logan County.

Heavy Snow, Ohio

When
February 18, 7:00 PM CST to February 19, 8:00 AM CST
Where
Ohio forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
37.478, -86.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy snowfall of 4 inches was reported in Ohio County.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1238389, 1238395, 1238399, 1238402, 1238404, 1238403.