Kentucky

Storm History: Hickman County, Kentucky

612 episodes, 650 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hickman 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
650
Deaths
4
Injuries
9
Damage
$28 million
Episodes
612

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 Fog8500
Heat5600
Strong Wind5500$53,000
Tornado5445$1.7 million
Flash Flood4700$877,000
Thunderstorm Wind4401$384,000
Frost/Freeze4400$25,000
Drought4300$9.2 million
Winter Weather4100
Hail3500$138,000
Excessive Heat3100
Flood2902$120,000
Winter Storm2800
Heavy Snow1501
Cold/Wind Chill1200
Ice Storm900$10 million
High Wind800$12,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Heavy Rain400
Wildfire200$5.2 million
Freezing Fog200
Lightning100$1,000

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 Hickman County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hickman CountyEvery warning in Hickman 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.