Storm History: Grayson County, Kentucky
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Grayson 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
- 361
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 26
- Damage
- $57 million
- Episodes
- 242
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 | 108 | 3 | 24 | $56 million |
| Flash Flood | 88 | 0 | 0 | $210,000 |
| Hail | 70 | 0 | 0 | $98,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 44 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Winter Storm | 16 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $760,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 2 | $15,000 |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 23, 2000
- Tornado, May 7, 1961
- Tornado, March 29, 1989
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Tornado, April 3, 2018
- Tornado, January 21, 1959
- Tornado, April 21, 1972
- Flood, February 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2003
- Hail, May 30, 1993
- Tornado, February 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Hail, April 9, 1995
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004
- Lightning, February 22, 2012
- Hail, July 4, 1995
- Flood, December 15, 2007
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
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2003
- Hail, May 7, 1971
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, May 29, 1982
- Hail, January 2, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2006
- Hail, May 14, 1986
- Hail, April 6, 1978
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Hail, February 28, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2024
- Flood, April 26, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2016
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, January 21, 1959
- Tornado, May 7, 1961
- Tornado, April 21, 1972
- Tornado, May 23, 2000
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2009
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, November 19, 1970
- Tornado, March 20, 1982
- Tornado, May 6, 1984
- Tornado, March 29, 1989
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2026
- Tornado, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Frost/Freeze, October 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Hail, May 8, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2024
- Hail, February 28, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2023
- Tornado, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, April 5, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, January 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, November 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Tornado, July 20, 2018
- Tornado, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2018
- Flood, February 22, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2017
- Tornado, March 27, 2017
- Tornado, March 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2016
- Lightning, June 26, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2016
- Flood, April 26, 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
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2015
- Tornado, July 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2015
- Tornado, October 6, 2014
- Hail, June 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2014
- Tornado, December 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2012
- Hail, July 19, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, February 29, 2012
- Lightning, February 22, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 23, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, May 22, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2011
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2010
- Hail, May 15, 2010
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Tornado, June 10, 2009
- Hail, June 3, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2009
- Tornado, May 8, 2009
- Hail, April 13, 2009
- Hail, March 28, 2009
- Hail, March 8, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Hail, July 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 21, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Flood, December 15, 2007
- Flood, December 13, 2007
- Tornado, October 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2007
- Hail, April 11, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2006
- Hail, June 11, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2006
- Hail, April 16, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006
- Hail, January 2, 2006
- Hail, August 14, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2004
- Flash Flood, November 11, 2004
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- Hail, July 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2003
- Hail, August 2, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2003
- Hail, May 15, 2003
- Tornado, May 11, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2003
- Hail, May 4, 2003
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2002
- Hail, May 2, 2002
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- Hail, April 24, 2002
- Hail, April 14, 2002
- Flash Flood, March 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 24, 2002
- Hail, October 24, 2001
- Hail, September 23, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2001
- Hail, June 4, 2001
- Tornado, November 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2000
- Tornado, May 23, 2000
- Flash Flood, May 3, 2000
- Flash Flood, January 3, 2000
- Flash Flood, January 22, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 7, 1999
- Hail, June 14, 1998
- Hail, April 15, 1998
- Hail, April 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 21, 1997
- Hail, March 28, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 5, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 1996
- Flood, March 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 1996
- Hail, July 4, 1995
- Hail, April 18, 1995
- Hail, April 9, 1995
- Hail, May 30, 1993
- Hail, April 15, 1993
- Tornado, February 21, 1993
- Hail, July 30, 1992
- Tornado, July 8, 1991
- Hail, July 2, 1991
- Tornado, April 9, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 1990
- Tornado, June 6, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 1990
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Tornado, April 3, 1989
- Tornado, March 29, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 7, 1989
- Hail, September 23, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 1987
- Tornado, June 16, 1987
- Hail, May 14, 1986
- Tornado, March 12, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 1985
- Tornado, May 6, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 1983
- Hail, June 8, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 1982
- Hail, May 29, 1982
- Tornado, March 20, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 1981
- Tornado, July 2, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 1978
- Hail, April 6, 1978
- Hail, July 21, 1977
- Tornado, June 30, 1977
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, May 25, 1973
- Tornado, April 21, 1972
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 1971
- Hail, May 7, 1971
- Tornado, November 19, 1970
- Hail, July 2, 1968
- Tornado, January 24, 1964
- Tornado, May 7, 1961
- Tornado, January 21, 1959
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 1958
More
Tornadoes in Grayson CountyEvery warning in Grayson 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.