Storm History: Bracken County, Kentucky
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bracken 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
- 278
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $6.7 million
- Episodes
- 210
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 | 73 | 0 | 0 | $353,000 |
| Flash Flood | 40 | 3 | 3 | $2.0 million |
| Winter Storm | 37 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Tornado | 33 | 1 | 8 | $1.5 million |
| Hail | 32 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Winter Weather | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $465,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, November 17, 1993
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2007
- Tornado, April 23, 1968
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2012
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2001
- Hail, July 14, 2000
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, September 22, 2025
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 23, 2011
- Tornado, April 8, 1980
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2020
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 13, 1998
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Flood, August 9, 2012
- Hail, May 10, 2011
- Flood, May 5, 2003
- Flood, November 10, 2002
- Hail, July 14, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2000
- Hail, June 9, 1998
- Hail, March 23, 1995
- Hail, June 8, 1995
- Hail, August 27, 1965
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Hail, November 17, 1993
- Hail, March 14, 2019
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Tornado, September 22, 2025
- Flood, July 17, 2025
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, January 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Flood, February 17, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, April 20, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2020
- Hail, May 10, 2020
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2019
- Hail, May 17, 2019
- Hail, May 2, 2019
- Hail, March 14, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2017
- Hail, April 28, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Tornado, December 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 18, 2015
- Flood, April 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Flood, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 16, 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, December 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 17, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2012
- Flood, August 9, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2011
- Hail, May 25, 2011
- Hail, May 10, 2011
- Flood, May 3, 2011
- Tornado, April 23, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2011
- Flood, April 12, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 23, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2010
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2009
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- High Wind, February 11, 2009
- Hail, February 11, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Flood, March 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2007
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 11, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 13, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2003
- Flood, July 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Flood, May 5, 2003
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Flood, November 10, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Hail, October 24, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2001
- Ice Storm, December 13, 2000
- High Wind, December 11, 2000
- Hail, November 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2000
- Hail, July 14, 2000
- Hail, July 10, 2000
- Flash Flood, February 18, 2000
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 10, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 11, 1998
- Hail, June 9, 1998
- Hail, May 13, 1998
- Winter Storm, February 3, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 1996
- Flash Flood, May 4, 1996
- Winter Storm, March 19, 1996
- Ice Storm, March 7, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 1996
- Flood, January 23, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Hail, June 8, 1995
- Tornado, May 14, 1995
- Hail, March 23, 1995
- Hail, July 25, 1994
- Hail, November 17, 1993
- Tornado, August 8, 1991
- Tornado, June 22, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 1990
- Tornado, June 6, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 1990
- Tornado, March 12, 1986
- Hail, June 8, 1982
- Tornado, April 8, 1980
- Tornado, April 27, 1971
- Tornado, April 23, 1968
- Hail, August 27, 1965
- Tornado, April 8, 1965
More
Tornadoes in Bracken CountyEvery warning in Bracken 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.