Kentucky

Storm History: Lyon County, Kentucky

550 episodes, 573 events since 1970

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lyon 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
573
Deaths
6
Injuries
19
Damage
$32 million
Episodes
550

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 Fog7500
Strong Wind4810$75,000
Frost/Freeze4700$25,000
Tornado46114$2.2 million
Winter Weather4620$50,000
Heat4502
Drought4100$7.0 million
Hail3300$282,000
Winter Storm3202$500,000
Flash Flood2800$260,000
Excessive Heat2800
Thunderstorm Wind2600$3.3 million
Heavy Snow1821
Flood1500$95,000
Cold/Wind Chill1200$25,000
Ice Storm1000$11 million
High Wind800$27,000
Wildfire500$7.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Heavy Rain200
Freezing Fog200
Lightning100

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 Lyon County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lyon CountyEvery warning in Lyon 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.