Tornadoes · United States · Kentucky

2022 tornadoes in Kentucky

32 tornadoes touched down in Kentucky in 2022, 96 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

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The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Kentucky in 2022

January 1 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 1	9:21 AM CST	EF2	Christian	1.1	125	$600,000
January 1	10:52 AM CST	EF0	Hart	0.3	50
January 1	11:16 AM CST	EF0	Todd	5.9	100	$3,000
January 1	12:22 PM EST	EF1	Taylor	6.4	100
January 1	12:49 PM EST	EF1	Marion	0.3	50
January 1	11:52 AM CST	EF0	Warren	0.4	75
January 1	1:00 PM EST	EF1	Taylor	6.4	350
January 1	12:17 PM CST	EF1	Barren	10.6	150
January 1	1:49 PM EST	EF1	Madison	1.8	125
January 1	1:59 PM EST	EF1	Estill	1.1	140	$40,000

February 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 22	6:28 AM CST	EF0	Fulton	0.7	100			$50,000

March 18 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
March 18	9:20 PM CDT	EF0	Breckinridge	2.6	80
March 18	10:38 PM EDT	EF1	Hardin	4.1	100
March 18	10:52 PM EDT	EF0	Hardin	1.8	80
March 18	11:09 PM EDT	EF1	Bullitt	0.3	100

April 13 15 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 13	4:06 PM CDT	EF0	Hickman	2.7	50	$45,000
April 13	4:23 PM CDT	EF1	Graves	3.1	100	$60,000
April 13	4:50 PM CDT	EF0	Marshall	0.9	25	$10,000
April 13	4:51 PM CDT	EF1	Lyon	4.8	150	$12,000
April 13	4:53 PM CDT	EF0	Marshall	0.7	25	$8,000
April 13	5:22 PM CDT	EF0	Christian	0.1	30
April 13	5:34 PM CDT	EF0	Hopkins	0.9	25	$2,000
April 13	8:13 PM EDT	EF1	Larue	2.6	200
April 13	8:23 PM EDT	EF0	Larue	3.8	200
April 13	8:23 PM EDT	EF1	Jefferson	7.2	175
April 13	8:30 PM EDT	EF0	Spencer	0.1	30
April 13	8:35 PM EDT	EF0	Spencer	0.1	60
April 13	8:44 PM EDT	EF0	Shelby	0.1	50
April 13	8:45 PM EDT	EF1	Shelby	0.2	100
April 13	8:48 PM EDT	EF1	Shelby	3.5	125

May 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 6	1:49 PM EDT	EF1	Pulaski	3.2	100		2

May 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	7:50 PM EDT	EF1	Greenup	0.8	60			$20,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Kentucky since 1950 Warnings in force in Kentucky The live radar over Kentucky

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.