Kentucky

Storm History: Crittenden County, Kentucky

607 episodes, 631 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Crittenden 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
631
Deaths
1
Injuries
10
Damage
$39 million
Episodes
607

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
Dense Fog9100
Strong Wind5900$57,000
Winter Weather4900
Frost/Freeze4800$625,000
Heat4800
Tornado4419$6.4 million
Flood3800$425,000
Drought3500$9.2 million
Hail3300$192,000
Winter Storm3200$1.6 million
Flash Flood3200$939,000
Thunderstorm Wind3101$228,000
Excessive Heat3000
Heavy Snow1800$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill1300
Ice Storm1100$11 million
High Wind800$52,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Wildfire200$7.7 million
Freezing Fog200
Heavy Rain100
Dust Devil100

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 Crittenden County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Crittenden CountyEvery warning in Crittenden 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.