Storm History: Washington County, Kentucky
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
- 202
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 24
- Damage
- $2.0 million
- Episodes
- 151
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 54 | 2 | 20 | $700,000 |
| Flash Flood | 41 | 1 | 1 | $265,000 |
| Hail | 38 | 0 | 3 | $295,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 27 | 0 | 0 | $86,000 |
| Winter Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $600,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Tornado, April 20, 2000
- Hail, May 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2003
- Tornado, March 27, 2017
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2003
- Hail, March 29, 2002
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Tornado, November 9, 2000
- Tornado, May 14, 1995
- Tornado, May 11, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007
- Tornado, May 10, 2016
- Hail, May 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006
- Hail, March 14, 2019
- Tornado, March 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 1999
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 1, 2002
- Hail, March 13, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2003
- Hail, June 22, 1979
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2006
- Hail, July 6, 2004
- Hail, March 29, 2002
- Hail, February 28, 2024
- Hail, September 23, 2024
- Hail, March 14, 2019
- Hail, May 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2016
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2025
- Frost/Freeze, October 23, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2025
- Tornado, May 30, 2025
- Hail, April 29, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, February 15, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Hail, September 23, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Hail, February 28, 2024
- Tornado, July 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- High Wind, February 9, 2023
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Hail, August 9, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 10, 2021
- Flood, July 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2020
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, November 30, 2019
- Hail, March 14, 2019
- Tornado, July 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2018
- Tornado, June 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2018
- Flood, February 22, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Tornado, June 23, 2017
- Hail, May 11, 2017
- Tornado, April 28, 2017
- Tornado, March 27, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2016
- Tornado, May 10, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 3, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Tornado, April 25, 2015
- Flood, April 14, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Tornado, April 7, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Hail, July 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2012
- Tornado, May 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2011
- Tornado, June 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 12, 2011
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2010
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Tornado, April 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Tornado, June 10, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 21, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2007
- Hail, April 11, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2006
- Hail, March 13, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2006
- Hail, June 14, 2005
- Ice Storm, December 22, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2004
- Hail, July 6, 2004
- Hail, July 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2003
- Tornado, May 11, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2003
- Hail, March 20, 2003
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2002
- Hail, August 2, 2002
- Hail, May 2, 2002
- Hail, May 1, 2002
- Hail, March 29, 2002
- Flash Flood, March 20, 2002
- Hail, July 8, 2001
- Hail, June 6, 2001
- Tornado, November 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2000
- Tornado, April 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 22, 1998
- Hail, June 14, 1998
- Tornado, May 31, 1998
- Hail, May 20, 1998
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 1998
- Flood, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Tornado, March 1, 1997
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood, March 1, 1997
- Flood, March 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 1996
- Tornado, May 5, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 1996
- Hail, June 9, 1995
- Tornado, May 14, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 8, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 1992
- Tornado, June 18, 1992
- Hail, August 19, 1991
- Tornado, April 9, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 1990
- Hail, July 6, 1987
- Hail, July 5, 1987
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 1987
- Tornado, June 10, 1985
- Tornado, July 6, 1984
- Tornado, March 15, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 1980
- Hail, June 22, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 1974
- Tornado, March 29, 1974
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 1973
- Tornado, May 6, 1971
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 1970
- Hail, July 2, 1968
More
Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.