Kentucky

Storm History: Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

758 episodes, 845 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Muhlenberg 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
845
Deaths
15
Injuries
78
Damage
$78 million
Episodes
758

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
Flood12300$680,000
Tornado1171461$32 million
Hail7600$469,000
Dense Fog7500
Thunderstorm Wind5402$706,000
Flash Flood5310$2.2 million
Winter Weather5300$10,000
Frost/Freeze5000$15,000
Strong Wind4700$73,000
Heat41014
Drought3400$9.2 million
Winter Storm3000$518,000
Excessive Heat2801
Heavy Snow1800
Cold/Wind Chill1400
High Wind800$52,000
Ice Storm800$19 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Funnel Cloud300
Wildfire300$12 million
Heavy Rain300
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 Muhlenberg County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Muhlenberg CountyEvery warning in Muhlenberg 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.