Kentucky

Storm History: McLean County, Kentucky

603 episodes, 631 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in McLean 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
631
Deaths
2
Injuries
2
Damage
$41 million
Episodes
603

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 Fog7800
Flood5400$8.3 million
Winter Weather5110
Strong Wind5100$58,000
Frost/Freeze4800$15,000
Hail4700$16,000
Tornado4712$2.7 million
Heat4400
Drought3400$9.2 million
Winter Storm3000$565,000
Excessive Heat3000
Thunderstorm Wind2700$430,000
Flash Flood2300$1.1 million
Heavy Snow2000
Cold/Wind Chill1300
Ice Storm900$11 million
High Wind800$52,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Heavy Rain400
Lightning300$12,000
Wildfire300$7.7 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 McLean County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in McLean CountyEvery warning in McLean 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.