Storm History: Hopkins County, Kentucky

Events

816

Deaths

19

Injuries

297

Damage

$93 million

Episodes

713

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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• Tornado, December 10, 202115 deaths · 200 injured · EF4 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 26, 20091 death · 1 injured · $25 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 20241 death · 17 injured · $2.8 million · EF3 · 4 events here
• Winter Weather, December 23, 20081 death · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 20221 death · 52 kt wind · 3 events here

• Tornado, November 15, 200540 injured · $31 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 26, 20091 death · 1 injured · $25 million · 1 event here
• Wildfire, September 14, 200817 injured · $13 million · 68 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 1999$7.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 20241 death · 17 injured · $2.8 million · EF3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 7, 19613 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2007$2.2 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 28, 2002$1.8 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 11, 2008$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 17, 20131 injured · $700,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 1, 2011$500,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 24, 2013$500,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, January 3, 2000$400,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 2004$300,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 15, 2025$270,000 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, March 1, 1997$250,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 26, 2005$250,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 18, 20071 injured · $230,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 3, 2008$200,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 5, 20081 injured · $130,000 · EF3 · 3 events here

• Hail, May 24, 1995$2,000 · 4.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 2005$20,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 25, 20232.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 12, 2020$8,000 · 2.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 7, 20232.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, December 17, 20162.1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 2015$11,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, October 6, 20142 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 20092 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 2, 20062 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 27, 2017$6,000 · 1.85 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, December 23, 20151.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 8, 2012$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, September 26, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 3, 20071.75 in hail · 3 events here

• Tornado, December 10, 202115 deaths · 200 injured · EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 1971$25,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 15, 200540 injured · $31 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 20241 death · 17 injured · $2.8 million · EF3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 7, 19613 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 21, 1972F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 1, 1974F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 1978F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 28, 2002$1.8 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 18, 20071 injured · $230,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, February 5, 20081 injured · $130,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 28, 2009EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009$2,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 17, 20131 injured · $700,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 2016$50,000 · EF3 · 3 events here

Every tornado in Hopkins County, with its track

• Tornado, April 27, 2026$51,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Dense Fog, April 24, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 9, 20261 event here
• Dense Fog, February 27, 20261 event here
• Dense Fog, February 19, 20261 event here
• Dense Fog, February 15, 20261 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20261 event here
• Ice Storm, January 24, 20261 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20261 event here
• Strong Wind, January 14, 2026$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, November 23, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, November 22, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, November 20, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, November 7, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, September 23, 20251 event here
• Hail, September 19, 20250.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, September 9, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 14, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 22, 20251 event here
• Flood, July 19, 2025$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 16, 20252 events here
• Dense Fog, July 10, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 16, 2025$2,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Dense Fog, May 13, 20251 event here
• Strong Wind, March 5, 2025$1,000 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, February 16, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, February 15, 2025$270,000 · 3 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• Strong Wind, January 17, 2025$1,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 10, 20251 event here
• Ice Storm, January 5, 2025$85,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, December 31, 2024$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, December 18, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, December 2, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, November 19, 20241 event here
• Flood, November 10, 20242 events here
• Frost/Freeze, October 17, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 29, 20241 event here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 3, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 25, 20241 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 20241 death · 17 injured · $2.8 million · EF3 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2024$40,000 · 74 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 23, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, May 18, 20241 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 2024EF1 · 2 events here
• Dense Fog, May 4, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, April 24, 20241 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 22, 20241 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 6, 20241 event here
• Strong Wind, April 3, 2024$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 25, 2024$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, March 16, 20241 event here
• Strong Wind, February 27, 2024$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, January 24, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 14, 20241 event here
• Strong Wind, January 12, 2024$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, January 9, 2024$1,000 · 1 event here
• Freezing Fog, December 4, 20231 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 31, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 20, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20231 event here
• Heat, July 1, 20231 event here
• Hail, June 30, 2023$5,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20231 event here
• Flash Flood, June 29, 2023$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, June 25, 20231 event here
• Hail, June 25, 20232.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 8, 20231.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 7, 20232.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, April 1, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 31, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 24, 20232 events here
• Tornado, March 3, 2023$50,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 27, 2023$1,000 · 53 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, February 22, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, February 9, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 30, 20231 event here
• Strong Wind, January 19, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 27, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, December 26, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20222 events here
• Dense Fog, December 5, 20221 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, November 25, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, November 12, 20221 event here
• Strong Wind, November 5, 2022$1,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 18, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, August 29, 2022$5,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 5, 20221 event here
• Heat, August 3, 20221 event here
• Hail, August 1, 2022$10,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Heat, July 22, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, July 8, 2022$4,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 4, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 20221 death · 52 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heat, June 22, 20221 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20221.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 12, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, June 6, 20221 event here
• Tornado, April 13, 2022$5,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2022$2,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 30, 2022$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 11, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, February 23, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, February 17, 20221 event here
• Strong Wind, February 17, 2022$1,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, February 2, 2022$75,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 6, 20221 event here
• Tornado, January 1, 2022EF2 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, December 26, 20211 event here
• Tornado, December 10, 202115 deaths · 200 injured · EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 5, 2021EF1 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, November 4, 20211 event here
• Heat, August 24, 20211 event here
• Dense Fog, August 22, 20211 event here
• Heat, August 9, 20211 event here
• Heat, July 29, 20211 event here
• Dense Fog, May 27, 20211 event here
• Flash Flood, April 29, 2021$10,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, April 25, 20211 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 19, 20211 event here
• Strong Wind, April 10, 2021$1,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 1, 20211 event here
• Strong Wind, March 25, 2021$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, March 16, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 17, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 14, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 10, 20211 event here
• Flash Flood, January 25, 20211 event here
• Strong Wind, November 15, 2020$1,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, November 1, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 17, 20201 event here
• Dense Fog, October 12, 20201 event here
• Heat, August 10, 20201 event here
• Flood, July 31, 20201 event here
• Heat, July 17, 20201 event here
• Dense Fog, July 2, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 9, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 15, 20201 event here
• Strong Wind, April 13, 2020$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, March 12, 20201 event here
• Hail, March 12, 2020$8,000 · 2.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 2, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, February 12, 2020$8,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 10, 2020$1,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, November 26, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 11, 20191 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 12, 20191 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 12, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2019$12,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Dense Fog, August 5, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 20191 event here
• Heat, July 17, 20191 event here
• Funnel Cloud, July 15, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, July 10, 2019$4,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, July 10, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 20191 event here
• Tornado, June 23, 2019$31,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 21, 2019EF1 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, May 2, 20191 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 15, 20191 event here
• Dense Fog, April 9, 20191 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 1, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, March 30, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 13, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 9, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 23, 2019$1,000 · 2 events here
• Flood, February 20, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20191 event here
• Flood, February 11, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, February 1, 20191 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, January 19, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, January 11, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, January 8, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 4, 20181 event here
• Dense Fog, November 30, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, November 25, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, November 14, 20181 event here
• Flood, October 31, 20181 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 21, 20181 event here
• Dense Fog, September 27, 20181 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 10, 20181 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20182 events here
• Heat, June 29, 20181 event here
• Heat, June 16, 20181 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20180.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 20181 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 7, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, April 7, 20181 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 2018EF2 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 20, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 11, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, March 6, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, February 17, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, February 15, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 6, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, January 22, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 15, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 2018$3,000 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Dense Fog, December 19, 20171 event here
• Tornado, November 18, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, November 18, 2017$7,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, November 4, 20171 event here
• Flash Flood, October 10, 20171 event here
• Heat, July 26, 20171 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20171 event here
• Flood, June 4, 20171 event here
• Hail, May 27, 2017$6,000 · 1.85 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 5, 2017$1,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 27, 2017$2,000 · EF0 · 4 events here
• Dense Fog, March 17, 20171 event here
• Frost/Freeze, March 15, 20171 event here
• Strong Wind, March 6, 2017$1,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 1, 2017$1,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 28, 2017$1,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, February 19, 20171 event here
• Dense Fog, January 15, 20171 event here
• Dense Fog, January 13, 20171 event here
• Strong Wind, January 10, 2017$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 5, 20171 event here
• Dense Fog, December 25, 20161 event here
• Flood, December 17, 20162.1 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 17, 20161 event here
• Frost/Freeze, November 13, 20161 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20161 event here
• Dense Fog, October 3, 20161 event here
• Dense Fog, September 18, 20161 event here
• Heat, August 5, 20161 event here
• Flood, July 27, 20162 events here
• Dense Fog, July 23, 20161 event here
• Heat, July 18, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, July 7, 2016$60,000 · 74 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 6, 2016$50,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, June 23, 20161 event here
• Heat, June 16, 20161 event here

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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.