Storm History: Hardin County, Kentucky
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hardin 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
- 543
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 136
- Damage
- $83 million
- Episodes
- 322
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 | 180 | 3 | 123 | $66 million |
| Hail | 128 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Flash Flood | 102 | 1 | 2 | $948,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 66 | 0 | 5 | $384,000 |
| Winter Storm | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
| Flood | 14 | 1 | 0 | $13 million |
| Heavy Snow | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 1 | 1 | $850,000 |
| High Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 14, 1995
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, March 28, 1997
- Tornado, January 2, 2006
- Flood, February 22, 2018
- Tornado, May 11, 2003
- Ice Storm, December 22, 2004
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Hail, June 21, 1994
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2006
- Tornado, October 31, 2018
- Hail, July 19, 2012
- Tornado, April 3, 2018
- Tornado, March 29, 1974
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, October 1, 1977
- Tornado, March 12, 1986
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- 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, May 1, 2002
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2009
- Hail, March 13, 2006
- Hail, April 14, 1968
- Hail, May 29, 1982
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2014
- Hail, January 2, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2006
- Hail, July 6, 2004
- Hail, March 29, 2002
- Hail, May 14, 1986
- Hail, April 6, 1978
- Hail, August 12, 1975
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, January 21, 1959
- Tornado, May 7, 1961
- 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 29, 1974
- Tornado, October 1, 1977
- Tornado, March 10, 1986
- Tornado, April 3, 1989
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2026
- Tornado, June 18, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2026
- Tornado, April 27, 2026
- Tornado, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, October 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, March 30, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Tornado, February 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Hail, September 23, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Hail, February 28, 2024
- Tornado, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, April 5, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- High Wind, February 27, 2023
- Strong Wind, January 19, 2023
- Flash Flood, January 3, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Hail, May 18, 2022
- Tornado, April 13, 2022
- Tornado, March 18, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2021
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2020
- Flood, July 20, 2020
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, November 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Tornado, June 21, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Tornado, October 31, 2018
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Tornado, June 24, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2018
- Tornado, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2018
- Tornado, February 24, 2018
- Flood, February 22, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Tornado, June 23, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Hail, March 30, 2017
- Tornado, March 27, 2017
- Tornado, March 1, 2017
- Hail, October 20, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2016
- Tornado, May 10, 2016
- Hail, May 7, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 3, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 27, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 23, 2015
- Tornado, July 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2015
- Tornado, April 25, 2015
- Tornado, April 7, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2015
- Tornado, October 6, 2014
- Flood, August 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2014
- Hail, May 21, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2013
- Flood, July 10, 2013
- Tornado, June 26, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2013
- Hail, December 17, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2012
- Hail, July 27, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 19, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, February 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 23, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2011
- Flood, May 3, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 23, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2011
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2010
- Tornado, May 21, 2010
- Hail, May 17, 2010
- Hail, May 15, 2010
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Tornado, October 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2009
- Hail, June 3, 2009
- Hail, June 2, 2009
- Tornado, May 8, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Hail, July 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 21, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, January 10, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2007
- Hail, April 11, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2006
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2006
- Hail, June 22, 2006
- Hail, June 19, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2006
- Tornado, May 2, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Hail, March 13, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006
- Hail, January 2, 2006
- Tornado, January 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2005
- Hail, August 7, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2005
- Hail, June 14, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Flood, March 29, 2005
- Flood, January 8, 2005
- Ice Storm, December 22, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2004
- Hail, July 13, 2004
- Hail, July 6, 2004
- Hail, July 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2003
- Hail, May 15, 2003
- Tornado, May 11, 2003
- Hail, April 4, 2003
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2003
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 3, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2002
- Hail, May 2, 2002
- Hail, May 1, 2002
- Tornado, April 28, 2002
- Hail, April 14, 2002
- Hail, March 29, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 24, 2002
- Hail, October 24, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2001
- Hail, June 4, 2001
- Tornado, November 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2000
- Tornado, May 23, 2000
- Flash Flood, January 3, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 1999
- Flash Flood, April 28, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 7, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 21, 1998
- Hail, June 14, 1998
- Tornado, May 31, 1998
- Hail, May 20, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 21, 1997
- Tornado, March 28, 1997
- Hail, March 28, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 28, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 5, 1997
- Flood, March 2, 1997
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 1996
- Hail, July 2, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 1996
- Hail, March 6, 1996
- Flood, January 22, 1996
- High Wind, January 18, 1996
- High Wind, January 18, 1996
- High Wind, January 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 1995
- Hail, June 28, 1995
- Hail, June 9, 1995
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Hardin CountyEvery warning in Hardin 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.