Storm History: Barren County, Kentucky

Events

381

Deaths

7

Injuries

57

Damage

$26 million

Episodes

234

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.

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• Tornado, April 16, 19982 deaths · 9 injured · $10 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 31, 19791 death · 19 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 20101 death · $15,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 26, 20001 death · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 20131 death · 52 kt wind · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 16, 19982 deaths · 9 injured · $10 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 1974$2.5 million · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 31, 19791 death · 19 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 9, 19913 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 24, 19972 injured · $1.8 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 4, 2003$1.5 million · 70 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 7, 20064 injured · $1.4 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 10, 2008$1.1 million · EF1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, November 10, 2002$567,000 · F0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 18, 1995$290,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 20, 197610 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, January 29, 2008$250,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 2017$230,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2012$205,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 20, 2016$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 2004$75,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2008$75,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 2018$75,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 30, 2013$70,000 · EF2 · 9 events here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 2016$65,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here

• Hail, April 3, 20074.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 18, 19693 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 2001$45,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, March 28, 19972.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 14, 19682.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 13, 19622.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 7, 2006$25,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 2006$5,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, May 8, 20241.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, September 23, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 12, 20201.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 2, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 15, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20121.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, March 23, 20111.75 in hail · 6 events here

• Tornado, April 3, 1974$2.5 million · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 16, 19982 deaths · 9 injured · $10 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 31, 19791 death · 19 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 23, 2000F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 8, 2009$40,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012$30,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, December 10, 2021EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 2, 20251 injured · EF3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 16, 2025EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 24, 1971F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 1973F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 31, 1982F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 22, 19892 injured · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 9, 19913 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 18, 1995$290,000 · F2 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Barren County, with its track

• Flash Flood, June 25, 202653 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 2026EF1 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20261 event here
• Tornado, December 18, 2025EF0 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 23, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 202555 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 16, 2025EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 20251 injured · EF3 · 5 events here
• Winter Storm, January 5, 20251 event here
• Hail, September 23, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 21, 202451 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 202452 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 8, 20241.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 29, 20231.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2023EF2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 31, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 202369 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, September 5, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 2022$10,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 20, 202255 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 11, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 20221 event here
• Tornado, January 1, 2022EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, December 10, 2021EF3 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 202152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 3, 2021EF1 · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, February 17, 20211 event here
• Ice Storm, February 14, 20211 event here
• Flash Flood, January 25, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 2, 202051 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 28, 202063 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 12, 20201.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 2, 2020EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, January 11, 20201.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2019$20,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2019EF1 · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2019$15,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 8, 20181 event here
• Flood, August 7, 201855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 20, 2018$25,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 201853 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 31, 201856 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 2018$75,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 24, 2018$30,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 15, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 2017$20,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 28, 2017$45,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 5, 2017$230,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 27, 2017$5,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2016$15,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 20, 2016$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 201652 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 2016$65,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 20162 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 3, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2016$25,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 20, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 201552 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 2015$3,000 · 1.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 201552 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, April 2, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 1, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 16, 20151 event here
• Tornado, October 6, 2014EF1 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2014$10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20141.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 14, 2014EF0 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 2, 20141 event here
• Tornado, December 21, 2013$50,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 20131 death · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 201352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, March 18, 20131 event here
• Tornado, January 30, 2013$70,000 · EF2 · 9 events here
• Flash Flood, August 5, 201252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20121.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2012$205,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, April 26, 20121 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 15, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012$30,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Flood, November 28, 20111 event here
• Flash Flood, July 12, 201156 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 19, 2011EF2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 201152 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 201165 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 2011EF2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 24, 20111.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 2011EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 201156 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 201170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 4, 2011EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 23, 20111.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, February 24, 2011$45,000 · 70 kt wind · 5 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 20101 event here
• Tornado, October 26, 2010EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 18, 20102 events here
• Flash Flood, August 14, 201052 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 201052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 20101 death · $15,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 29, 20101 event here
• Hail, January 21, 2010$50,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 9, 2009EF2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 12, 2009$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 200961 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 10, 2009EF1 · 6 events here
• Hail, June 3, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 2009$40,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 13, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, February 18, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 200965 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20092 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2008$75,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 7, 20081 event here
• Tornado, January 29, 2008$250,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 10, 2008$1.1 million · EF1 · 4 events here
• Hail, November 5, 2007$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2007$25,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 26, 200765 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 3, 20074.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 10, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 21, 200670 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20061 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 2006$5,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 19, 20061 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 20, 20061 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 7, 20064 injured · $1.4 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 7, 2006$25,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 2, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 200690 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 17, 200659 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, January 22, 20061 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 200555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 200550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 19, 20051.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 22, 2005$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 22, 20041 event here
• Hail, July 13, 2004$75,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 200469 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2004$10,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 2004F0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 30, 200480 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 3, 20031 event here
• Flash Flood, August 22, 200380 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 4, 2003$1.5 million · 70 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, August 2, 200360 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 21, 20031.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 200360 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 200350 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 200360 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 10, 2002$567,000 · F0 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 200250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 24, 200260 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, October 24, 20011.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 5, 2001$5,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 200170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 2001$45,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 4, 20011.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 9, 20001 injured · $1,000 · F1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 200090 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 26, 20001 death · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 2000F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 23, 2000F3 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, January 3, 20001.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 19991 injured · $10,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 23, 19981 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 199850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 19981 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 199850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 16, 19980.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 16, 19981 event here
• Tornado, April 16, 19982 deaths · 9 injured · $10 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 19981 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 1997$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 199750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, March 28, 19972.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 5, 19971 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 2, 199760 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 1, 19971 event here
• Flash Flood, March 1, 19971 event here
• Hail, January 24, 19971.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 24, 19972 injured · $1.8 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Flood, December 18, 19961 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 7, 199650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 199650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 28, 1996F0 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 25, 19961.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 22, 1996$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 20, 19964 injured · $15,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 20, 1996$40,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 19, 19961 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 6, 19961 event here
• Tornado, May 18, 1995$290,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Hail, March 20, 19951.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 1995$5,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 21, 1993$51,000 · F0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 8, 1991F0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 19911 event here
• Tornado, July 8, 19911 injured · F1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 9, 19913 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 27, 19910.8 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 22, 19892 injured · F2 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 5, 19871.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 19862 events here
• Hail, June 2, 19851 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 198552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 19841 event here
• Tornado, May 31, 1982F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 31, 19791 death · 19 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 197765 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 20, 197610 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 13, 197672 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 12, 1975$25,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 1974$2.5 million · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 1973F2 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 14, 19711 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 1971F2 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 197058 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 1, 1970F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 28, 19691.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 24, 19691.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 18, 19693 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 29, 19681.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 14, 19682.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 13, 19622.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 16, 19601 in hail · 1 event here

Tornadoes in Barren CountyEvery warning in Barren County since 1986Every county in Kentucky

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.