Storm History: Nelson County, Kentucky

Events

411

Deaths

9

Injuries

32

Damage

$4.1 million

Episodes

289

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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• Tornado, December 21, 20133 deaths · 2 injured · $15,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 20002 deaths · $25,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 19741 death · 24 injured · $250,000 · F5 · 1 event here
• Flood, November 28, 20111 death · $15,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 20251 death · $10,000 · EF3 · 6 events here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20091 death · 1 event here

• Flood, March 1, 1997$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 2010$750,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 5, 20082 injured · $400,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 3, 19741 death · 24 injured · $250,000 · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 8, 2020$200,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 14, 1995$100,000 · F1 · 2 events here
• Ice Storm, February 15, 2003$100,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 3, 2008$100,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2015$100,000 · 83 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 2006$75,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 21, 1993$50,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 28, 1997$50,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Flood, July 18, 2012$40,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 1, 2017$40,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 10, 2015$30,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 1969$25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 25, 1972$25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 10, 1986$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 12, 19862 injured · $25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 20002 deaths · $25,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here

• Hail, May 1, 20024.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 3, 20074.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20223 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20092.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 5, 20032.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 8, 20152 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 20142 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, January 2, 20062 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 29, 20022 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 15, 19952 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 14, 19861 injured · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, February 28, 20241.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, May 11, 2016$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 2, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 3, 19741 death · 24 injured · $250,000 · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 2, 20251 death · $10,000 · EF3 · 6 events here
• Tornado, February 5, 20082 injured · $400,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 1, 1977F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 10, 1986$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 1989F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 18, 1995F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 31, 1998$5,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 28, 2002F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 11, 2003F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 2011EF2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, January 17, 2012EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 25, 2015EF2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 2016EF2 · 3 events here

Every tornado in Nelson County, with its track

• Flash Flood, June 25, 202653 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 21, 2026EF1 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 9, 202650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 202650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 2026EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, February 19, 20261 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 11, 20251 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 23, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, June 15, 20252 events here
• Hail, April 10, 20251 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 20251 death · $10,000 · EF3 · 6 events here
• Tornado, March 30, 2025EF1 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 10, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 10, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, January 5, 20251 event here
• High Wind, September 27, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 30, 202452 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 202451 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 3, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 2, 2024EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 14, 2024EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, February 28, 20241.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Flood, July 24, 20231.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 1, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 25, 2023EF2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 202369 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 9, 202362 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 12, 2023EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, January 3, 202351 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20221 event here
• Hail, November 29, 20221.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 6, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 202254 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20223 in hail · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, March 11, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, September 15, 20213 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 202153 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 25, 2021EF1 · 3 events here
• Ice Storm, February 14, 20211 event here
• Ice Storm, February 10, 20211 event here
• Flash Flood, June 28, 202055 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 8, 2020$200,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, November 14, 20181 event here
• Tornado, October 31, 2018EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 20, 2018EF1 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 201860 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 26, 2018$15,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 9, 2018$5,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 31, 201856 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 2018EF1 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, March 20, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 11, 20181 event here
• Flood, February 22, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, January 15, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 20181 event here
• Tornado, June 23, 2017EF1 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 201753 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 28, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 2017EF1 · 6 events here
• Tornado, March 27, 2017EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 1, 2017$40,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 28, 201652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 201656 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 11, 2016$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 2016EF2 · 3 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 20162 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 3, 20162 events here
• High Wind, April 2, 201660 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, February 3, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20161 event here
• Flood, December 24, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, December 23, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 13, 2015EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 10, 2015$30,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2015$100,000 · 83 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 25, 2015EF2 · 5 events here
• Flood, April 14, 20151 event here
• Hail, April 8, 20152 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 2, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 14, 20151 event here
• Flood, March 8, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, March 1, 20152 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 16, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 23, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 20142 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 30, 20141 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 27, 201452 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 3, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 2, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, February 4, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, February 2, 20141 event here
• Tornado, December 21, 20133 deaths · 2 injured · $15,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 12, 201352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, July 10, 201365 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 20131 event here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 18, 20131 event here
• Flood, January 13, 20131 event here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 20121 injured · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 19, 20121.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, July 18, 2012$40,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 201252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 17, 2012EF2 · 1 event here
• Flood, December 5, 20111 event here
• Flood, December 1, 20111 event here
• Flood, November 28, 20111 death · $15,000 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 201160 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 2011$3,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 23, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 3, 20111 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20111 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 2011EF2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 23, 2011EF0 · 2 events here
• Flood, April 22, 20111 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 2011EF1 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 12, 20111 event here
• Hail, April 9, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 9, 20111 event here
• Flood, March 1, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 7, 20111 event here
• Ice Storm, December 15, 20101 event here
• Tornado, October 26, 2010EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2010$10,000 · 61 kt wind · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 201055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 2010$750,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 12, 20101.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 29, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 20092.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 2, 20091 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 200961 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 200965 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20091 death · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20081 event here
• Hail, July 8, 200861 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 200861 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 3, 2008$100,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 18, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, March 7, 20081 event here
• Flash Flood, March 4, 200856 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, February 21, 20081 event here
• Flood, February 6, 20081 event here
• Tornado, February 5, 20082 injured · $400,000 · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, January 29, 2008$5,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, January 10, 2008EF1 · 2 events here
• Flood, December 10, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 200761 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 200750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20071 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 11, 2007$5,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 3, 20074.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, September 23, 20061 event here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 2006$75,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 200652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 200665 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 21, 200670 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 14, 20061 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 200690 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, January 24, 20061 event here
• Hail, January 2, 20062 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 7, 200550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2005$25,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20051.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 19, 20051.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 29, 20051 event here
• Flood, January 9, 20051 event here
• Ice Storm, December 22, 20041 event here
• Hail, July 13, 20041.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 5, 2004$10,000 · 69 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 200457 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 20041 event here
• Flash Flood, May 30, 200480 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 28, 20041 event here
• Flash Flood, May 26, 200470 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, January 3, 20041 event here
• Flood, September 4, 20031 event here
• Flash Flood, August 22, 200380 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 4, 2003$5,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 11, 2003F2 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 6, 20031 event here
• Flash Flood, May 5, 20032.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, February 24, 20031 event here
• Flood, February 17, 2003$20,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, February 15, 2003$100,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 15, 20031 event here
• Flood, October 12, 20021 event here
• Hail, August 2, 20021.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 2, 20021.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 1, 20024.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 28, 2002F2 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 29, 20022 in hail · 4 events here
• Flood, March 20, 20021 event here
• Hail, October 24, 20011.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 200170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 200180 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 200160 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, December 18, 20001 event here
• Tornado, November 9, 2000F1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2000$10,000 · 100 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 20002 deaths · $25,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 20001.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 8, 20001 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 20, 2000$2,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Flood, February 19, 20001 event here
• Flash Flood, January 3, 20001.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 199950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 28, 19991.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 7, 19991 event here
• Flood, September 21, 19981 event here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 19981 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 199862 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 199860 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 31, 1998$5,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 199850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 20, 19981.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 17, 19981 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 16, 1998$10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, February 12, 19981 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 19981 event here
• Flood, January 7, 19981 event here
• Flood, June 16, 19971 event here
• Flood, June 9, 19971 event here
• Flood, June 3, 19971 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 199750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 4, 19970.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 4, 19970.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 4, 19970.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 28, 1997$50,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 20, 19971 event here
• Flash Flood, March 1, 19971 event here
• Flash Flood, March 1, 19971 event here
• Flood, March 1, 1997$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Flood, March 1, 19971 event here
• Flood, February 5, 19971 event here
• Flood, December 18, 19961 event here
• Flood, May 28, 19961 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 199650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 199650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 5, 19961 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 8, 19961 event here

Earlier years, state by state:

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• 1992
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• 1989
• 1987
• 1986
• 1985
• 1984
• 1982
• 1981
• 1980
• 1977
• 1974
• 1972
• 1970
• 1969
• 1968

Tornadoes in Nelson CountyEvery warning in Nelson County since 1986Every county in Kentucky

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.