Storm History: Shelby County, Kentucky

Events

376

Deaths

5

Injuries

10

Damage

$38 million

Episodes

268

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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• Flash Flood, March 1, 19971 death · $1.2 million · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 19981 death · 1 event here
• Hail, August 7, 20051 death · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 14, 20081 death · 2 injured · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20091 death · 0.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, March 20, 19828 injured · $28 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 10, 1985$2.5 million · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 2, 1990$2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 1992$2.5 million · F1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 1, 19971 death · $1.2 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 5, 2008$635,000 · EF3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, March 25, 1964$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 1979$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 1989$250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 27, 2004$100,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 2006$75,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 1, 2010$75,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 2013$55,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, November 14, 1993$50,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 2007$50,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2008$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996$30,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 4, 2002$30,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 20, 1951$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 22, 2005$25,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here

• Hail, May 1, 20024.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 3, 20074.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20223 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 5, 2007$50,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, May 5, 20032.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 31, 19932.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 26, 19892.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 29, 19822.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 8, 20152 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 2014$10,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, January 2, 20062 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 20062 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 20042 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 29, 19902 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 13, 19722 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 23, 1968F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 1973F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 9, 1988F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 2, 1990$2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 27, 2004$100,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 5, 2008$635,000 · EF3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, February 24, 2011$10,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, December 10, 2021EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 2025EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, February 20, 1951$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 25, 1964$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 1971F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 1979$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 20, 19828 injured · $28 million · F2 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Shelby County, with its track

• Tornado, June 18, 2026EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 22, 2026EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 16, 20261 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 2026EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 15, 2026EF1 · 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, July 17, 202550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 202560 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 2, 2025EF3 · 3 events 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 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 18, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 202372 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 18, 2023EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2023EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 7, 2023EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 31, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 202369 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 9, 202362 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20221 event here
• Hail, November 29, 20221.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 3, 202252 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 6, 202260 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 202254 kt wind · 5 events here
• Hail, May 19, 20223 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, April 13, 2022EF1 · 7 events here
• Tornado, March 18, 2022EF1 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, February 3, 20221 event here
• Tornado, December 10, 2021EF3 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 30, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 25, 2021$10,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 25, 2021EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 28, 2021EF1 · 5 events here
• Ice Storm, February 14, 20211 event here
• Ice Storm, February 10, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 23, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 8, 2020EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 201955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 20191 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 201960 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 201957 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, March 14, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, November 14, 20181 event here
• Tornado, July 20, 2018$15,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 20, 20181 event here
• Flood, February 22, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 15, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 20181 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 2017EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 27, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 1, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 201652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 1, 20161.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 26, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 20162 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 3, 20162 events here
• High Wind, April 2, 2016$10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, December 23, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 13, 2015EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 12, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 30, 20151 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2015$20,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 25, 2015EF2 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 8, 20152 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 2, 20151.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, March 1, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 16, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 2014$10,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 21, 20141.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2014$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, March 2, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, February 4, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, February 2, 20141 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 201352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 31, 201363 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 21, 2013$55,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 7, 2013$2,000 · 2 events here
• Flood, July 10, 201365 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013$10,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 27, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 26, 201265 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 20121.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 201254 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, June 16, 20121 event here
• Tornado, March 23, 2012$25,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 4, 20121 event here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, January 17, 2012$2,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 14, 201160 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2011$5,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 12, 201156 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 201165 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 23, 20111 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 2011EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 9, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 24, 2011$10,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 20, 20111 event here
• Ice Storm, December 15, 20101 event here
• Tornado, October 26, 2010EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 20101 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 1, 2010$75,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 8, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 7, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 2009$5,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20091 death · 0.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20091 event here
• Winter Storm, December 15, 20081 event here
• High Wind, September 14, 20081 death · 2 injured · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 200865 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 200861 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2008$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 3, 200850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 18, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, March 7, 20081 event here
• Ice Storm, February 21, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, February 11, 20081 event here
• Tornado, February 5, 2008$635,000 · EF3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, January 29, 2008EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, October 18, 2007EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 16, 20071.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 2007$50,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, April 11, 20071.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 3, 20074.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 14, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 200660 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 23, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 200652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 2006$75,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 14, 200652 kt wind · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 20062 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 2, 2006F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 2, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006$1,000 · 90 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, January 2, 20062 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 7, 20051 death · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20051.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 19, 2005$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 22, 2005$25,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20041 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 200465 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 20041 event here
• Hail, July 13, 20041.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 6, 20042 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 200469 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 1, 20041.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 2004F0 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, May 30, 200480 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 27, 2004$100,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 22, 200380 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 2, 200360 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 9, 20031.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 5, 20032.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, February 15, 20031 event here
• Tornado, November 10, 2002F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 4, 2002$30,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 200250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20021.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 1, 20024.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 21, 200280 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, February 20, 20021 in hail · 2 events 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
• Tornado, November 9, 2000F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, October 5, 20001 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2000100 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 20001.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 200060 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, February 18, 200050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 18, 20001 event here
• Flash Flood, January 3, 20001.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, December 24, 19991 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 19991 event here
• Flood, July 20, 19981 event here
• Hail, June 29, 199860 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 19981 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 199852 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 199850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 3, 19981 death · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 1, 19971 death · $1.2 million · 1 event here
• Flood, March 1, 19971 event here
• Flash Flood, March 1, 19971 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 7, 1996$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 199650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 1996$10,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 28, 19961 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 199652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 5, 19961 event here
• Hail, May 5, 19960.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 3, 19960.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 1996$15,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996$30,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 20, 19961.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 20, 19961 event here
• High Wind, January 18, 19961 event here
• High Wind, January 18, 19961 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 6, 19961 event here
• Hail, July 4, 1995$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 19951 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 14, 1995F1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 1995F1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 14, 1993$50,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 31, 19932.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 18, 1992F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 30, 19921.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 19921 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 19921 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 1992$2.5 million · F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 19, 19911.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 9, 1991F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 22, 1991F2 · 1 event here
• Hail, September 7, 19901.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 29, 19902 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 6, 1990F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 2, 1990$2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 199069 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 15, 1989F1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 19891 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 19891 event here
• Hail, July 7, 19890.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 1989$250,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 26, 19892.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 9, 1988F3 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 19872 events here
• Hail, July 15, 19871 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 19871 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 19871.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 19871 event here
• Hail, May 7, 19861.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 12, 1986F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 10, 1985$2.5 million · F0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 19851.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 1984F0 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 27, 19831 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 198261 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 19820.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 29, 19822.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 20, 19828 injured · $28 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 198070 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 2, 1980F1 · 1 event here

Earlier years, state by state:

• 1979
• 1977
• 1973
• 1972
• 1971
• 1970
• 1969
• 1968
• 1964
• 1961
• 1956
• 1955
• 1951

Tornadoes in Shelby CountyEvery warning in Shelby 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.