Storm History: Kenton County, Kentucky
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kenton 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
- 401
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $46 million
- Episodes
- 325
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 | 80 | 0 | 0 | $314,000 |
| Flash Flood | 75 | 0 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| Hail | 61 | 0 | 0 | $131,000 |
| Winter Storm | 44 | 0 | 0 | $400,000 |
| Flood | 39 | 0 | 0 | $56,000 |
| Tornado | 34 | 4 | 10 | $23 million |
| Winter Weather | 28 | 0 | 6 | |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $18 million |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | $50,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $465,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Tornado, November 19, 1981
- Flash Flood, June 30, 1996
- Flash Flood, July 1, 1996
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2007
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Tornado, April 2, 1977
- Tornado, April 9, 1991
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 11, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 12, 2019
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Lightning, May 15, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1997
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Flash Flood, October 19, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2012
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, April 8, 1998
- Flash Flood, October 19, 2016
- Hail, August 3, 2015
- Hail, May 13, 1998
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Hail, April 26, 2016
- Flood, August 9, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2009
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 14, 2006
- Flood, November 10, 2002
- Hail, April 20, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2000
- Hail, July 2, 1997
- Hail, June 2, 1991
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 17, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2025
- Flood, August 6, 2025
- Flood, August 5, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2025
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Tornado, March 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2024
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2024
- Flood, April 11, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Hail, April 1, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2023
- High Wind, February 9, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- Flood, May 20, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- High Wind, March 30, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 3, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2021
- Flood, August 10, 2021
- Winter Weather, April 20, 2021
- Flood, February 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2021
- High Wind, November 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2020
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2019
- Hail, May 17, 2019
- Hail, May 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 12, 2019
- Hail, March 14, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Flood, September 9, 2018
- Flood, September 6, 2018
- Flood, July 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2018
- Flood, May 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, October 19, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2016
- Flood, July 29, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2016
- Hail, April 26, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Hail, August 3, 2015
- Flood, July 17, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 30, 2015
- Flood, May 26, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2015
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 16, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2014
- Flood, June 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2013
- Winter Weather, November 26, 2013
- Flood, September 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2013
- Flood, July 4, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Hail, April 16, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2012
- Flood, August 9, 2012
- Hail, July 27, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Hail, April 25, 2012
- Hail, March 23, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2012
- Hail, May 25, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2011
- Tornado, April 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 23, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 12, 2010
- Hail, October 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2010
- Hail, May 21, 2010
- Hail, March 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2010
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Flood, September 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2009
- High Wind, February 11, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2009
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Hail, June 3, 2008
- Flood, May 15, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 4, 2008
- Flood, March 18, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Flood, March 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2008
- Hail, November 5, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 23, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2007
- Hail, July 15, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007
- Hail, April 11, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2007
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 2006
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2006
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Hail, April 14, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2006
- Flash Flood, March 12, 2006
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2005
- Flood, June 30, 2005
- Flood, June 14, 2005
- Flood, March 28, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2004
- Flood, October 18, 2004
- Flood, July 31, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2003
- Hail, August 7, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2003
- Flood, July 18, 2003
- Flood, July 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 10, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2002
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2002
- Flood, November 10, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2002
- Flood, June 6, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2002
- Flood, April 21, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Hail, February 20, 2002
- Hail, October 24, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2001
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2001
- Flash Flood, December 16, 2000
- Ice Storm, December 13, 2000
- High Wind, December 11, 2000
- Hail, November 9, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Kenton CountyEvery warning in Kenton 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.