Storm History: Lyon County, Kentucky
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dense Fog | 75 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 48 | 1 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 47 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Tornado | 46 | 1 | 14 | $2.2 million |
| Winter Weather | 46 | 2 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heat | 45 | 0 | 2 | |
| Drought | 41 | 0 | 0 | $7.0 million |
| Hail | 33 | 0 | 0 | $282,000 |
| Winter Storm | 32 | 0 | 2 | $500,000 |
| Flash Flood | 28 | 0 | 0 | $260,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 2 | 1 | |
| Flood | 15 | 0 | 0 | $95,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 12 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| High Wind | 8 | 0 | 0 | $27,000 |
| Wildfire | 5 | 0 | 0 | $7.0 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Ice Storm, January 26, 2009
- Drought, September 1, 1999
- Wildfire, September 14, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2022
- Tornado, November 15, 2005
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2008
- Tornado, March 2, 2020
- Tornado, April 25, 2011
- Tornado, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2006
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Hail, June 8, 1995
- Flash Flood, June 28, 1997
- Tornado, June 21, 2019
- Flood, February 21, 2018
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, June 16, 2009
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2025
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 4, 2003
- Hail, April 16, 2026
- Hail, August 29, 1990
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2023
- Hail, May 25, 2002
- Hail, May 28, 1995
- Hail, June 8, 1995
- Hail, July 28, 1995
- Hail, July 5, 1987
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Hail, April 29, 2003
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2024
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Tornado, April 24, 1970
- Tornado, November 15, 2005
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, April 25, 2011
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, May 10, 2016
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Tornado, June 29, 1979
- Tornado, March 10, 1986
- Tornado, May 18, 1995
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Tornado, April 23, 2011
- Tornado, March 1, 2017
Every episode, newest first
- Dense Fog, April 24, 2026
- Hail, April 16, 2026
- Drought, April 9, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 27, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 15, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 8, 2026
- Dense Fog, November 23, 2025
- Dense Fog, November 22, 2025
- Dense Fog, November 20, 2025
- Dense Fog, November 7, 2025
- Dense Fog, November 3, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 9, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 14, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2025
- Dense Fog, July 10, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Strong Wind, March 19, 2025
- Strong Wind, March 5, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, February 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, January 30, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2025
- Flood, December 28, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2024
- Drought, September 10, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 29, 2024
- Heat, July 14, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Dense Fog, May 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, April 22, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2024
- Dense Fog, March 16, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 24, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2024
- Strong Wind, January 12, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, October 31, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 20, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2023
- Hail, July 20, 2023
- Tornado, July 18, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Tornado, July 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2023
- Heat, June 25, 2023
- Strong Wind, April 1, 2023
- Strong Wind, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, March 3, 2023
- High Wind, February 27, 2023
- Strong Wind, February 22, 2023
- Strong Wind, February 9, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2023
- Strong Wind, January 19, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 5, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Dense Fog, November 25, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 12, 2022
- Strong Wind, November 5, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Heat, July 22, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2022
- Drought, July 12, 2022
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2022
- Heat, June 22, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 12, 2022
- Tornado, April 13, 2022
- Strong Wind, March 30, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2022
- Strong Wind, February 17, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 2, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Dense Fog, December 26, 2021
- Tornado, December 10, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, November 4, 2021
- Heat, August 24, 2021
- Heat, August 9, 2021
- Heat, July 29, 2021
- Dense Fog, May 27, 2021
- Dense Fog, April 25, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 19, 2021
- Strong Wind, April 10, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 1, 2021
- Strong Wind, March 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Strong Wind, November 15, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, November 1, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 17, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 12, 2020
- Heat, August 10, 2020
- Heat, July 17, 2020
- Dense Fog, July 2, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2020
- Tornado, March 2, 2020
- Tornado, January 10, 2020
- Strong Wind, November 26, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, October 12, 2019
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2019
- Heat, July 17, 2019
- Heat, July 10, 2019
- Tornado, June 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2019
- Strong Wind, April 11, 2019
- Dense Fog, April 9, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, April 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, March 30, 2019
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2019
- Strong Wind, March 9, 2019
- Flood, March 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 23, 2019
- Flood, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2019
- Flood, February 9, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 4, 2018
- Strong Wind, November 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 14, 2018
- Flood, November 1, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 21, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 27, 2018
- Tornado, July 31, 2018
- Heat, July 20, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2018
- Heat, June 29, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2018
- Heat, June 16, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 7, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2018
- Strong Wind, March 6, 2018
- Flood, March 1, 2018
- Flood, February 21, 2018
- Dense Fog, February 17, 2018
- Strong Wind, February 15, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2018
- Strong Wind, January 22, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Dense Fog, December 19, 2017
- Strong Wind, November 18, 2017
- Dense Fog, November 4, 2017
- Heat, July 26, 2017
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2017
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Hail, April 5, 2017
- Dense Fog, March 17, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, March 15, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 6, 2017
- Tornado, March 1, 2017
- Dense Fog, February 19, 2017
- Dense Fog, January 15, 2017
- Dense Fog, January 13, 2017
- Strong Wind, January 10, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Dense Fog, January 2, 2017
- Dense Fog, December 25, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, November 13, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Dense Fog, October 3, 2016
- Heat, August 5, 2016
- Heat, July 18, 2016
- Tornado, July 6, 2016
- Heat, June 23, 2016
- Heat, June 16, 2016
- Tornado, May 10, 2016
- Tornado, April 27, 2016
- Dense Fog, April 24, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 19, 2016
- Dense Fog, February 16, 2016
- Dense Fog, February 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 27, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 22, 2015
- Strong Wind, December 13, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 5, 2015
- Dense Fog, November 9, 2015
- Dense Fog, November 2, 2015
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2015
- Dense Fog, August 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2015
- Heat, July 18, 2015
- Heat, July 14, 2015
- Heat, July 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2015
- Drought, January 10, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 5, 2014
- Strong Wind, November 24, 2014
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2014
- Frost/Freeze, November 1, 2014
- Dense Fog, September 17, 2014
- Heat, August 20, 2014
- Dense Fog, August 19, 2014
- Heat, July 27, 2014
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2014
- Strong Wind, March 12, 2014
- Dense Fog, March 5, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2014
Earlier years, state by state:
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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.