Kentucky

Storm History: Marshall County, Kentucky

730 episodes, 830 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Marshall 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
830
Deaths
14
Injuries
131
Damage
$71 million
Episodes
730

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
Tornado1258108$13 million
Hail9202$11 million
Dense Fog8000
Thunderstorm Wind7705$1.2 million
Flash Flood6401$4.6 million
Strong Wind5601$80,000
Heat4800
Winter Weather4618$20,000
Frost/Freeze4600$25,000
Drought4200$9.2 million
Winter Storm3131$695,000
Excessive Heat3105
Flood2410$299,000
Heavy Snow1500
Cold/Wind Chill1210
Ice Storm1000$19 million
High Wind900$37,000
Heavy Rain900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Funnel Cloud300
Wildfire300$11 million
Freezing Fog200

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 Marshall County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Marshall CountyEvery warning in Marshall 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.