Kentucky

Storm History: Owsley County, Kentucky

256 episodes, 328 events since 1977

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Owsley 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
328
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$3.2 million
Episodes
256

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
Thunderstorm Wind7100$177,000
Hail5400$32,000
Flash Flood4900$471,000
Heavy Snow4300$50,000
Flood2000$2.1 million
Winter Storm1900$1,000
Tornado1800$255,000
Frost/Freeze1300
Ice Storm1200$2,000
Winter Weather900
High Wind400$66,000
Excessive Heat400
Drought400
Heat300
Strong Wind200$2,000
Debris Flow100
Dense Fog100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Owsley County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Owsley CountyEvery warning in Owsley 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.