Storm History: Union County, Kentucky

Events

777

Deaths

2

Injuries

23

Damage

$52 million

Episodes

724

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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• Winter Storm, January 20, 20111 death · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 24, 20181 death · EF2 · 1 event here

• Tornado, May 16, 20254 injured · $15 million · EF3 · 1 event here
• Wildfire, September 14, 2008$9.2 million · 68 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 26, 2009$8.7 million · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 1999$7.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 196012 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2007$2.2 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 2011$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 2, 20241 injured · $735,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, November 14, 2005$500,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 11, 2008$500,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 17, 2013$500,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 6, 2003$400,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2004$300,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 22, 2011$300,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Flood, January 7, 2005$250,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 3, 2023$240,000 · EF2 · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2009$210,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 27, 19992 injured · $200,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 23, 2013$185,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, March 18, 2008$153,000 · 1 event here

• Hail, May 24, 1995$1,000 · 4.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 15, 2025$61,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 25, 20232.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 2025$25,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20152 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 16, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 3, 20071.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 25, 20021.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 5, 20001.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 1993$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 15, 19921.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 19871.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 30, 19811.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, February 13, 19761.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 28, 19761.75 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, April 3, 1974F5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 3, 19561 injured · $3,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 10, 1959$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 196012 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 28, 2009$150,000 · EF3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009$10,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 17, 2013$500,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 2016$25,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024$2,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 16, 20254 injured · $15 million · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 24, 20181 death · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 1973$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 11, 1979F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 6, 1984F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 22, 1991F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Union County, with its track

• Dense Fog, April 24, 20261 event here
• Strong Wind, April 2, 2026$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, February 19, 20261 event here
• Dense Fog, February 15, 20261 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20261 event here
• Ice Storm, January 24, 20261 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20261 event here
• Strong Wind, January 14, 2026$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, January 8, 2026$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, November 23, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, November 22, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, November 7, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, September 23, 20251 event here
• Drought, September 9, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 14, 20252 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 22, 20251 event here
• Flood, July 19, 202552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 16, 20252 events here
• Dense Fog, July 10, 20251 event here
• Hail, May 16, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 16, 20254 injured · $15 million · EF3 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, May 13, 20251 event here
• Hail, May 8, 2025$25,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Dense Fog, May 6, 20251 event here
• Flood, May 2, 202574 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, March 30, 2025$1,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 19, 2025$1,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 15, 2025$61,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, March 14, 2025$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 5, 2025$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 4, 2025$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 1, 20251 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, February 16, 20251 event here
• Flood, February 9, 20252 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20251 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 10, 20251 event here
• Ice Storm, January 5, 2025$80,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 2, 20241 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 17, 20241 event here
• Flood, September 27, 2024$1,000 · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2024$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 29, 20241 event here
• Heat, July 14, 20241 event here
• Tornado, July 9, 2024$37,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 3, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 25, 20241 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2024$2,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Dense Fog, May 18, 20241 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 2024$31,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Dense Fog, April 24, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, April 8, 20241 event here
• Flood, April 6, 20242 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 6, 20241 event here
• Strong Wind, April 3, 2024$1,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 2, 20241 injured · $735,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2024$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, March 2, 20241 event here
• Strong Wind, February 27, 2024$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, February 1, 20242 events here
• Flood, January 29, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, January 24, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, January 23, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 14, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, December 1, 20231 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 31, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 20, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20232 events here
• Heat, July 1, 20231 event here
• Hail, June 30, 20231.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20231 event here
• Heat, June 25, 20231 event here
• Hail, June 25, 20232.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20231 event here
• Strong Wind, April 1, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 31, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 24, 20231 event here
• Tornado, March 3, 2023$240,000 · EF2 · 7 events here
• High Wind, February 27, 2023$1,000 · 53 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, February 22, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, February 9, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 30, 20231 event here
• Strong Wind, January 19, 2023$1,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 12, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 26, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 22, 20222 events here
• Dense Fog, December 5, 20221 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, November 25, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, November 12, 20221 event here
• Strong Wind, November 5, 2022$1,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, November 1, 20221 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 18, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Heat, August 3, 20221 event here
• Hail, August 1, 20221.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Heat, July 22, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 4, 20221 event here
• Heat, June 22, 20221 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20221.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 12, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, June 6, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2022$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 30, 2022$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 11, 20221 event here
• Flood, March 1, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, February 23, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, February 17, 20221 event here
• Strong Wind, February 17, 2022$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, February 4, 20221 event here
• Ice Storm, February 2, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 6, 20221 event here
• Flood, January 2, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, December 26, 20211 event here
• Frost/Freeze, November 4, 20211 event here
• Heat, August 24, 20211 event here
• Dense Fog, August 22, 20211 event here
• Heat, August 9, 20211 event here
• Heat, July 29, 20211 event here
• Dense Fog, May 27, 20211 event here
• Dense Fog, April 25, 20211 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 19, 20211 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 1, 20211 event here
• Strong Wind, March 25, 2021$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, March 16, 20211 event here
• Flood, March 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 17, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 14, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 10, 2021$50,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, November 15, 2020$1,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, November 1, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 17, 20201 event here
• Dense Fog, October 12, 20201 event here
• Heat, August 10, 20201 event here
• Flash Flood, July 20, 2020$15,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, July 17, 20201 event here
• Dense Fog, July 2, 20201 event here
• Flood, May 24, 2020$20,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 9, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 15, 20201 event here
• Strong Wind, April 13, 2020$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20201 event here
• Tornado, March 28, 2020EF2 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 20, 20201 event here
• Dense Fog, March 12, 20201 event here
• Flood, February 10, 20201 event here
• Tornado, January 10, 2020$1,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flood, December 17, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, November 30, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, November 26, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 11, 20191 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 12, 20191 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 12, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2019$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, July 17, 20191 event here
• Heat, July 10, 20191 event here
• Flood, July 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, June 22, 2019$20,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, May 2, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 20, 20191 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 15, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, April 11, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 1, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, March 30, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 14, 20191 injured · $60,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Flood, March 13, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, March 13, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 9, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 1, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, February 23, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20191 event here
• Flood, February 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, February 9, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, February 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, February 1, 20191 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20191 event here
• Flood, January 24, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, January 19, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, January 11, 20191 event here
• Strong Wind, January 8, 2019$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, January 1, 20191 event here
• Tornado, December 31, 2018$5,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, December 27, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, December 26, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, December 4, 20181 event here
• Dense Fog, November 30, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, November 25, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, November 14, 20181 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 21, 20181 event here
• Dense Fog, September 27, 20181 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 10, 20181 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20182 events here
• Heat, June 29, 20181 event here
• Heat, June 16, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, May 31, 2018$2,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 20, 20181 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 20181 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 7, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, April 7, 20181 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 11, 2018$10,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 6, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 1, 2018$50,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 24, 20181 death · EF2 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, February 17, 20181 event here
• Flood, February 17, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, February 15, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 6, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, January 22, 2018$1,000 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 15, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Dense Fog, December 19, 20171 event here
• Strong Wind, November 18, 2017$1,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, July 26, 20171 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20171 event here
• Flood, May 7, 20171 event here
• Strong Wind, May 5, 2017$1,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 5, 2017$1,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, March 17, 20171 event here
• Frost/Freeze, March 15, 20171 event here
• Strong Wind, March 6, 2017$1,000 · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, February 19, 20171 event here
• Flood, January 17, 20171 event here
• Dense Fog, January 15, 20171 event here
• Strong Wind, January 10, 2017$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 5, 20171 event here
• Dense Fog, January 2, 20171 event here
• Dense Fog, December 25, 20161 event here
• Winter Weather, December 17, 20161 event here
• Frost/Freeze, November 13, 20161 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20161 event here
• Dense Fog, October 3, 20161 event here
• Dense Fog, September 19, 20161 event here
• Dense Fog, September 18, 20161 event here
• Heat, August 5, 20161 event here
• Dense Fog, July 23, 20161 event here
• Heat, July 18, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, July 6, 20161 event here
• Heat, June 23, 20161 event here

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Tornadoes in Union CountyEvery warning in Union 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.