Kentucky

Storm History: Campbell County, Kentucky

308 episodes, 378 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Campbell 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
378
Deaths
1
Injuries
52
Damage
$14 million
Episodes
308

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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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind7300$279,000
Flash Flood6800$380,000
Hail6400$139,000
Winter Storm4500$300,000
Flood4000$121,000
Winter Weather3200
Tornado20150$1.5 million
High Wind902$10 million
Ice Storm800
Heavy Snow600
Excessive Heat500
Heat300
Heavy Rain200
Cold/Wind Chill100$20,000
Frost/Freeze100$465,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Campbell County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Campbell CountyEvery warning in Campbell 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.