Kentucky

Storm History: McCracken County, Kentucky

913 episodes, 1,031 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in McCracken 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
1,031
Deaths
6
Injuries
149
Damage
$97 million
Episodes
913

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
Tornado125015$6.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind11302$1.2 million
Flash Flood10402$3.8 million
Hail10304$21 million
Dense Fog9500
Flood8027$11 million
Strong Wind7202$149,000
Heat52068
Winter Weather4917$30,000
Frost/Freeze4600$25,000
Drought4000$9.2 million
Excessive Heat34036
Winter Storm3112$575,000
Heavy Rain1800$15,000
Heavy Snow1600
Ice Storm1110$27 million
Lightning1104$120,000
Cold/Wind Chill1010$10,000
High Wind800$111,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Wildfire400$15 million
Freezing Fog300
Funnel Cloud100

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 McCracken County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in McCracken CountyEvery warning in McCracken 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.