Kentucky

Storm History: Todd County, Kentucky

606 episodes, 677 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Todd 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
677
Deaths
1
Injuries
12
Damage
$35 million
Episodes
606

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
Tornado8708$12 million
Hail7900$318,000
Dense Fog7000
Flash Flood5701$2.1 million
Frost/Freeze4800$15,000
Winter Weather4500
Strong Wind4500$63,000
Heat4200
Thunderstorm Wind4103$1.8 million
Drought3500$9.2 million
Excessive Heat2900
Winter Storm2800$20,000
Flood1700$1,000
Heavy Snow1600
Cold/Wind Chill1300
High Wind800$27,000
Ice Storm700$9.3 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Wildfire200$100,000
Heavy Rain200
Freezing Fog110

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 Todd County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Todd CountyEvery warning in Todd 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.