Storm History: Wolfe County, Kentucky
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wolfe 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
- 430
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $8.4 million
- Episodes
- 298
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 110 | 0 | 0 | $156,000 |
| Hail | 65 | 0 | 0 | $133,000 |
| Flash Flood | 62 | 0 | 0 | $5.6 million |
| Heavy Snow | 51 | 1 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Tornado | 48 | 0 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| Winter Storm | 17 | 0 | 0 | $14,000 |
| Ice Storm | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Winter Weather | 11 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| High Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | $37,000 |
| Drought | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1997
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2019
- Tornado, February 28, 2011
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Strong Wind, May 1, 2017
- Hail, August 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2010
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Tornado, April 9, 2011
- High Wind, January 8, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 17, 1998
- Tornado, May 19, 2005
- Hail, August 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Hail, April 28, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Hail, May 2, 2002
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- Hail, June 5, 2019
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, February 18, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2017
- Hail, April 8, 2011
- Hail, June 24, 2007
- Hail, August 4, 1997
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Hail, August 17, 2024
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, February 19, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Debris Flow, June 17, 2025
- Hail, May 20, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 29, 2025
- Hail, April 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Hail, August 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2023
- Tornado, May 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Flash Flood, February 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 12, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2022
- Hail, May 19, 2022
- High Wind, March 30, 2022
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Flood, December 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, February 27, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 10, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2020
- Flood, April 29, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2020
- High Wind, January 11, 2020
- Wildfire, October 1, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Wildfire, September 30, 2019
- Drought, September 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2019
- Hail, June 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 24, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2017
- Strong Wind, May 1, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Tornado, July 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2015
- Hail, June 29, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2015
- Tornado, October 7, 2014
- Hail, October 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2014
- Tornado, July 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2014
- Flood, April 3, 2014
- Ice Storm, March 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2013
- Tornado, June 9, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 21, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, February 29, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2012
- Strong Wind, January 1, 2012
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 9, 2011
- Hail, April 8, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, February 28, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2011
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2010
- Dense Fog, November 15, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, October 30, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, October 23, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, October 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 14, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2010
- Heat, August 11, 2010
- Heat, August 10, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, May 10, 2010
- Tornado, May 2, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, April 29, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, April 19, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, April 18, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 4, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2009
- Flood, December 9, 2009
- Tornado, October 9, 2009
- Hail, June 8, 2009
- Hail, May 28, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Winter Weather, April 7, 2009
- Hail, February 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2008
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2008
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, October 29, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2008
- Hail, June 28, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2008
- Ice Storm, March 7, 2008
- Tornado, February 6, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2008
- High Wind, January 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2007
- Hail, June 24, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2007
- Tornado, April 3, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Hail, June 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2005
- Hail, May 19, 2005
- Tornado, May 19, 2005
- Hail, May 13, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2005
- Flood, September 17, 2004
- Flood, September 8, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2004
- Hail, July 6, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2004
- Tornado, May 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2003
- High Wind, May 11, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2003
- Flash Flood, February 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2003
- Ice Storm, December 4, 2002
- Ice Storm, December 4, 2002
- Hail, November 10, 2002
- Hail, November 10, 2002
- High Wind, September 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2002
- Hail, May 2, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 2, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2002
- Hail, April 28, 2002
- Hail, March 29, 2002
- Hail, February 20, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- High Wind, December 14, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2001
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 2, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Wolfe CountyEvery warning in Wolfe 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.