Storm History: Clark County, Kentucky
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clark 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
- 242
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $54 million
- Episodes
- 186
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 54 | 0 | 17 | $51 million |
| Flash Flood | 53 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 49 | 0 | 0 | $37,000 |
| Hail | 38 | 0 | 0 | $88,000 |
| Winter Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $505,000 |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 1 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Flash Flood, July 20, 1998
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2015
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, March 16, 1982
- Tornado, June 16, 1982
- Flash Flood, March 4, 2008
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2003
- Hail, July 15, 1995
- Tornado, November 14, 1993
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 1996
- Hail, November 15, 2005
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2009
- Tornado, May 31, 1998
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2008
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2014
- Hail, July 15, 1995
- Hail, February 28, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2015
- Hail, July 19, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2005
- Hail, June 14, 2005
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- Hail, May 9, 2003
- Hail, October 24, 2001
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, May 27, 2004
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2009
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, March 16, 1982
- Tornado, June 16, 1982
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, May 31, 1998
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Tornado, January 17, 2012
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
Every episode, newest first
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Frost/Freeze, October 23, 2025
- Hail, April 29, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Hail, February 28, 2024
- Tornado, July 18, 2023
- Tornado, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, May 7, 2023
- Tornado, April 5, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 6, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2020
- Hail, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2019
- Tornado, September 5, 2018
- Flood, July 30, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2016
- Hail, May 1, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 3, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
- Tornado, July 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2014
- Hail, June 23, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, February 4, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- High Wind, December 20, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 19, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, January 17, 2012
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 23, 2011
- Hail, April 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2010
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2010
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2009
- Flood, September 26, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2009
- Tornado, May 8, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Hail, April 5, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Flash Flood, March 4, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 21, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Flood, December 13, 2007
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2006
- Hail, November 15, 2005
- Hail, June 14, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2005
- Ice Storm, December 22, 2004
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- Hail, June 1, 2004
- Flood, June 1, 2004
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Tornado, May 27, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2004
- Hail, May 9, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2003
- Flood, February 16, 2003
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, April 21, 2002
- Flash Flood, March 20, 2002
- Hail, October 24, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2001
- Hail, July 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2001
- Hail, June 6, 2001
- Flash Flood, December 16, 2000
- Tornado, November 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2000
- Tornado, April 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 20, 1998
- Hail, June 29, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 22, 1998
- Hail, June 14, 1998
- Hail, June 14, 1998
- Tornado, May 31, 1998
- Lightning, May 23, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1998
- Lightning, May 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 5, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 2, 1997
- Flood, March 2, 1997
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, May 28, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 1996
- Flash Flood, May 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 1996
- Hail, July 15, 1995
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, May 14, 1995
- Hail, July 29, 1994
- Tornado, November 14, 1993
- Tornado, June 18, 1992
- Tornado, July 8, 1991
- Hail, July 10, 1990
- Hail, July 6, 1987
- Tornado, June 10, 1985
- Hail, June 9, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 1983
- Tornado, August 11, 1983
- Tornado, March 27, 1983
- Tornado, June 16, 1982
- Hail, May 21, 1982
- Tornado, March 16, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 1981
- Tornado, June 10, 1980
- Tornado, March 20, 1976
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 1973
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 1971
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 1970
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 1969
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 1969
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 1961
More
Tornadoes in Clark CountyEvery warning in Clark 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.