Storm History: Estill County, Kentucky
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Estill 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
- 594
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 40
- Damage
- $9.2 million
- Episodes
- 390
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 | 142 | 0 | 0 | $920,000 |
| Flash Flood | 124 | 1 | 1 | $509,000 |
| Hail | 86 | 0 | 1 | $198,000 |
| Tornado | 86 | 0 | 38 | $5.4 million |
| Flood | 37 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Heavy Snow | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | $17,000 |
| Ice Storm | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Winter Weather | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $55,000 |
| Debris Flow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 9, 1961
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Flood, June 1, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2008
- Tornado, February 28, 2011
- Tornado, April 20, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1997
- Tornado, October 9, 2009
- Tornado, April 11, 2008
- Flash Flood, February 14, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2009
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Lightning, May 28, 1996
- Hail, June 5, 2007
- Tornado, February 6, 2008
- Tornado, January 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, March 31, 1993
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2014
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
- Hail, April 24, 2010
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Hail, May 24, 1960
- Hail, April 29, 2017
- Hail, June 2, 2002
- Hail, August 17, 2024
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, May 20, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2025
- Hail, April 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2025
- Debris Flow, January 31, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Hail, August 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Hail, August 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, May 16, 2023
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2022
- Tornado, May 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2022
- High Wind, March 30, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 17, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Tornado, January 1, 2022
- Flood, December 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2021
- Flood, July 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2020
- High Wind, January 11, 2020
- Flood, December 29, 2019
- Flood, December 16, 2019
- Flood, December 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, November 27, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Drought, September 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2019
- Strong Wind, April 14, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2018
- Hail, July 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2018
- Hail, May 19, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2017
- Hail, April 29, 2017
- Hail, April 5, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 25, 2015
- Tornado, July 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2015
- Tornado, July 7, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2015
- Flood, April 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2015
- Tornado, October 7, 2014
- Hail, October 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2014
- Tornado, July 27, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2014
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Ice Storm, March 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2012
- Hail, August 8, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2011
- Hail, June 10, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2011
- Tornado, April 9, 2011
- Tornado, February 28, 2011
- Flood, February 24, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2011
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2010
- Dense Fog, November 15, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, October 30, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, October 23, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, October 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2010
- Flood, August 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 14, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2010
- Heat, August 11, 2010
- Heat, August 10, 2010
- Heat, August 9, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, May 10, 2010
- Tornado, May 2, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2010
- Hail, April 24, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, April 19, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, April 18, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 24, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 4, 2010
- Flood, December 9, 2009
- Tornado, October 9, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2009
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2009
- Tornado, May 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 3, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Hail, April 5, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2009
- Flood, January 28, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2009
- Hail, January 4, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2008
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, October 29, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2008
- Hail, June 28, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2008
- Tornado, April 11, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2008
- Ice Storm, March 7, 2008
- Tornado, February 6, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2008
- High Wind, January 8, 2008
- Hail, July 27, 2007
- Hail, June 25, 2007
- Hail, June 5, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2007
- Tornado, April 3, 2007
- Hail, March 28, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2006
- Flood, January 23, 2006
- Flash Flood, January 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Estill CountyEvery warning in Estill 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.