Storm History: Boone County, Kentucky
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Boone County, Kentucky: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 558
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 63
- Damage
- $24 million
- Episodes
- 411
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 117 | 0 | 11 | $518,000 |
| Hail | 86 | 0 | 0 | $216,000 |
| Flash Flood | 85 | 0 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| Winter Weather | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 65 | 0 | 47 | $6.8 million |
| Winter Storm | 49 | 0 | 0 | $400,000 |
| Flood | 38 | 0 | 0 | $53,000 |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 5 | $100,000 |
| Heat | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $465,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Tornado, July 13, 1956
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Flash Flood, June 30, 1996
- Flash Flood, July 1, 1996
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2007
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Tornado, March 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Tornado, September 29, 1973
- Tornado, April 2, 1977
- Tornado, June 2, 1990
- Tornado, April 9, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2011
- Lightning, May 8, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2009
- Tornado, June 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 19, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, April 8, 1998
- Flash Flood, October 19, 2016
- Hail, May 29, 1982
- Hail, June 10, 2011
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Hail, June 18, 2021
- Flood, August 9, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2009
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 14, 2006
- Flood, November 10, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2000
- Hail, June 9, 1995
- Hail, June 2, 1991
- Hail, April 18, 1978
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, April 23, 1968
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, April 1, 1974
- Tornado, June 2, 1990
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Tornado, July 13, 1956
- Tornado, September 29, 1973
- Tornado, October 1, 1977
- Tornado, April 8, 1980
- Tornado, July 26, 1984
- Tornado, March 10, 1986
- Tornado, April 9, 1991
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 15, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2025
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2025
- Tornado, March 19, 2025
- Hail, February 27, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2024
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 24, 2024
- Tornado, April 12, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Hail, April 1, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, February 9, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- High Wind, March 30, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 15, 2021
- Hail, June 18, 2021
- Tornado, June 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, April 20, 2021
- Flood, February 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 30, 2020
- High Wind, November 15, 2020
- Lightning, July 22, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2020
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2020
- High Wind, January 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2019
- Flood, July 30, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 12, 2019
- Flood, March 30, 2019
- Hail, March 14, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 7, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2019
- Flood, February 12, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Flood, September 24, 2018
- Flood, September 9, 2018
- Flood, September 5, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Flood, July 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2018
- Hail, January 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 19, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2016
- Hail, February 21, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 19, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2016
- Heavy Rain, December 27, 2015
- Flood, July 17, 2015
- Hail, June 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 2015
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 16, 2014
- Hail, May 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2014
- Flood, April 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2013
- Winter Weather, November 26, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2013
- Flood, July 4, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2012
- Flood, August 9, 2012
- Hail, July 27, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Hail, April 25, 2012
- Hail, March 23, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
- Hail, March 15, 2012
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2012
- Flood, January 27, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2011
- Hail, June 10, 2011
- Hail, May 25, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 12, 2010
- Hail, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2010
- Flood, June 9, 2010
- Hail, May 21, 2010
- Hail, March 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2010
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2009
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Hail, May 30, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 8, 2009
- High Wind, February 11, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2009
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Hail, August 29, 2008
- Hail, July 22, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Hail, June 3, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 18, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Boone CountyEvery warning in Boone County since 1986Every county in Kentucky
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.