Kentucky

Storm History: Christian County, Kentucky

810 episodes, 1,057 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Christian 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
1,057
Deaths
6
Injuries
156
Damage
$140 million
Episodes
810

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
Tornado222076$63 million
Hail17208$2.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind10508$1.7 million
Flash Flood10520$46 million
Dense Fog7800
Frost/Freeze4900$4.0 million
Strong Wind4800$85,000
Winter Weather4617
Heat4214
Drought3600$9.2 million
Excessive Heat2907
Winter Storm28039$160,000
Flood2400$233,000
Heavy Snow1600
Cold/Wind Chill1201
High Wind900$257,000
Ice Storm813$13 million
Lightning601$80,000
Heavy Rain600
Funnel Cloud500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Wildfire301$500,000
Freezing Fog311

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 Christian County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Christian CountyEvery warning in Christian 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.