Storm History: Russell County, Kentucky

Events

227

Deaths

2

Injuries

74

Damage

$4.8 million

Episodes

164

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, April 27, 19712 deaths · 70 injured · $2.5 million · F4 · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 27, 19712 deaths · 70 injured · $2.5 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 28, 1997$1.0 million · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 6, 1984$250,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Hail, April 3, 2007$250,000 · 4.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 29, 2012$200,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, January 29, 2008$100,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 2010$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 18, 19952 injured · $50,000 · F2 · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2015$35,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 29, 19741 injured · $25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 2, 19831 injured · $25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 17, 2002$25,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 16, 2006$25,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 27, 2017$20,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2007$15,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 31, 2018$15,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 21, 2019$15,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2019$15,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 6, 1996$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 1998$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here

• Hail, April 3, 2007$250,000 · 4.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 20012.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 20142 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, January 2, 20062 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 2006$10,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, February 28, 2024$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 2, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 15, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 26, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 14, 20101.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, February 18, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 30, 2009$300 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 16, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 20041.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 4, 20031.75 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, April 3, 1974F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 19712 deaths · 70 injured · $2.5 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 23, 2000F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 16, 2025EF3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, March 29, 19741 injured · $25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 18, 1981F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 6, 1984$250,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 9, 1991F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 18, 19952 injured · $50,000 · F2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 31, 1998F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 11, 2008$2,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 29, 2012$200,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, January 30, 2013EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 2013$2,000 · EF2 · 4 events here

Every tornado in Russell County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 202655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20261 event here
• Tornado, May 16, 2025EF3 · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 202471 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, February 28, 2024$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20241 event here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 202351 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2023EF2 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 202369 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 16, 20231 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 202251 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 6, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 20, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 6, 2022$3,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 202254 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 11, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 202160 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 28, 2021EF1 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 17, 20211 event here
• Flash Flood, January 25, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2019$15,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2019$15,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 20, 20191 event here
• Ice Storm, December 8, 20181 event here
• Flood, August 7, 201855 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 26, 2018EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 31, 2018$15,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 22, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 15, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, May 27, 2017$20,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 27, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 2016$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 2016EF2 · 3 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 20162 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 3, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 20, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2015$35,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2015$1,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 25, 2015EF2 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 2, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 1, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 16, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 20142 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, March 2, 20141 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 20, 201460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 31, 201363 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 26, 2013$2,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013$10,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 30, 2013EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 27, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 201252 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 201254 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 26, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 26, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 15, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 29, 2012$200,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 21, 201252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, November 28, 20111 event here
• Hail, May 22, 201161 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 2011EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 11, 201170 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 4, 2011EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, February 25, 201152 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 12, 20101 event here
• High Wind, November 16, 2010$5,000 · 53 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 201052 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 201052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 14, 20101.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 1, 2010$100,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 24, 2010EF1 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 29, 20101 event here
• High Wind, December 9, 200956 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2009$750 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 30, 2009$300 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 200961 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, February 18, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 200965 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20091 event here
• Tornado, April 11, 2008$2,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 29, 2008$100,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 10, 2008EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2007$15,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 3, 2007$250,000 · 4.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 16, 2006$25,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 29, 20061 event here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 200665 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 2006$10,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 18, 200665 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 16, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 200690 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 17, 200659 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, January 2, 20062 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, November 15, 200565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 28, 20051 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 200552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 200465 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 20041.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 200469 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 30, 200480 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 26, 200470 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004$5,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2004$5,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 20, 200450 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, February 5, 20042 events here
• Flash Flood, August 22, 200380 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 20031 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 15, 20031.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 4, 20031.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 10, 2002F0 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 17, 2002$25,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 2, 2002$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, October 24, 20011.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 2001$10,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 20012.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 200180 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 200160 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 20011.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 9, 2000$10,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 29, 200050 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 26, 200070 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 23, 2000F3 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, January 3, 20001.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 199950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 199950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 1998$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 31, 1998F2 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 199850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 19981 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 199750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 28, 1997$1.0 million · F0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 5, 19971 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 2, 199750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 2, 19971 event here
• Flash Flood, March 1, 19971 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 199652 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 6, 1996$10,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 6, 19961 event here
• Tornado, May 18, 19952 injured · $50,000 · F2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, April 9, 1991F2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 23, 19911 event here
• Hail, May 15, 19901.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 198861 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 19871 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 19871.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 2, 19851 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 7, 19841.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 6, 1984$250,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 3, 1983F1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 19831 injured · $25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 18, 1981F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 29, 1974F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 1974F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 29, 19741 injured · $25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 19712 deaths · 70 injured · $2.5 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 19701 event here

Tornadoes in Russell CountyEvery warning in Russell 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.