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County archive · 1950 — present

Montgomery County, Kentucky

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Montgomery County, Kentucky severe weather history spans 321 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The dominant hazard is thunderstorm wind, accounting for 62.6% of all recorded events. It ranks #1,660 nationally and #41 in Kentucky.

321

Recorded events

1

Direct deaths

9

Direct injuries

$7.5M

Property damage

The record

What the Montgomery County, Kentucky severe weather history record shows

Across the archive, Montgomery County, Kentucky severe weather history averages 4.7 recorded events a year. The busiest stretch on record is the 2010s, with 133 events logged in that decade alone. Roughly 22 events fall before 1990 and 299 from 1990 onward — a gap that reflects the expansion of NOAA reporting practice as much as the weather itself.

The deadliest hazard in the Montgomery County, Kentucky record is flash flood, responsible for 1 direct deaths. The costliest is thunderstorm wind, with $5.8M in reported property damage. In total, 8 distinct hazard types appear in this county archive, each listed with its own dated record below.

Montgomery County, Kentucky severe weather history: recorded events per decade since 1950
Montgomery County, Kentucky severe weather history: recorded events per decade since 1950

By hazard type

Every hazard type recorded in Montgomery County

HazardEventsDeathsDamageMaxSpan
Thunderstorm Wind2010$5.8M831963–2025
Flash Flood491$352K01996–2025
Hail380$02.751982–2024
Flood210$782K02002–2023
Funnel Cloud50$002011–2017
Tornado30$525KF31956–1977
Heavy Rain30$002011–2022
Lightning10$2K02019–2019
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · preliminary data may revise

Decade by decade

Montgomery County, Kentucky severe weather history by decade

11950s
31960s
51970s
131980s
151990s
842000s
1332010s
672020s

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

Tornado tracks

Paths crossing this county

4 mapped tornado paths intersect this county: 3 touched down inside it and 1 crossed in from a neighbouring county. This comes from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.

DateScaleDeathsInjuriesPath lengthOrigin
1974-04-03EF3024.9 miTouched down here
1997-03-01EF1006.0 miCrossed in
1977-06-30EF1060.2 miTouched down here
1956-07-13EF1000.1 miTouched down here
Source: NOAA SPC SVRGIS tornado tracks · path geometry intersected with county boundaries

Significant events

Deadliest events on record in Montgomery County

DateTypeLocationDeathsInjuriesDamage
May 5, 1996Flash FloodMT STERLING11$10K
Jul 1, 1977Tornado06$250K
Apr 4, 1974Tornado02$250K
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

From the record

What the reports say

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

Context

Risk, population and federal disasters

Very Low

FEMA NRI risk rating

28,395

Population (ACS)

$172K

Median home value

24

Federal declarations

DeclaredIncidentTitleType
Jan 24, 2026Winter StormSEVERE WINTER STORMEM
Apr 3, 2025Severe StormSEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODINGEM
Feb 16, 2025Severe StormSEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, FLOODING, AND LANDSLIDESEM
Nov 26, 2024Tropical StormREMNANTS OF HURRICANE HELENEDR
Mar 31, 2021Severe Ice StormSEVERE WINTER STORMS, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDESDR
Mar 28, 2020BiologicalCOVID-19 PANDEMICDR
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA disaster declarations · most recent first

Within the county

Most affected places

  • Mt Sterling 159

Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many severe weather events have been recorded in Montgomery County, Kentucky?

321 events are on record between 1956 and 2025, causing 1 direct deaths and $7.5M in property damage.

What is the most common severe weather hazard in Montgomery County?

Thunderstorm Wind, with 201 recorded events — 62.6% of everything in the archive for this county.

How many tornadoes have crossed Montgomery County?

4 mapped tornado paths intersect the county boundary; 3 of them touched down inside it. This is derived from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.

How many federal disaster declarations cover Montgomery County?

24 federal disaster declarations from FEMA include Montgomery County, each tied to a specific incident period.

How risky is Montgomery County compared with the rest of the country?

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Montgomery County as very low risk, placing it in the 34 percentile of its state for expected annual loss.

Where does the Montgomery County, Kentucky severe weather history data come from?

Every figure is drawn from United States federal public-domain records: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events for the event archive, NOAA SPC SVRGIS for mapped tornado paths, FEMA for disaster declarations and risk ratings, and the U.S. Census for population context. Dates are shown in UTC and recent entries may still be revised by NOAA.

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“Montgomery County, Kentucky.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kentucky/montgomery-county/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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