Severe Weather History


Kentucky Funnel Cloud History: 225 Recorded Events

224

Recorded events

47

Counties affected

0

Direct deaths

$25K

Property damage

Kentucky funnel cloud history: 224 recorded events across 47 counties between 1997 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Kentucky funnel cloud history by decade

Kentucky funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade
Kentucky funnel cloud history: recorded events per decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade on record with 124 reported funnel cloud events across Kentucky. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most funnel cloud events in Kentucky

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Daviess County250$01999–2025
#2Hopkins County240$02004–2019
#3Christian County160$02000–2025
#4Muhlenberg County130$01998–2021
#5Laurel County100$02004–2012
#6McCracken County80$01997–2025
#7Henderson County80$02002–2016
#8Pulaski County80$02004–2012
#9Calloway County70$02004–2019
#10Whitley County60$02002–2015
#11Graves County60$02011–2018
#12Todd County60$02003–2018
#13Trigg County60$02009–2024
#14Webster County60$02004–2019
#15Montgomery County50$02011–2017
#16Caldwell County50$02010–2018
#17Marshall County50$01999–2022
#18Union County40$02005–2025
#19Rowan County40$02007–2020
#20Leslie County40$25K2004–2009
#21Johnson County40$02011–2014
#22Ballard County30$02012–2014
#23Livingston County30$02004–2018
#24Wayne County30$02004–2025
#25McLean County30$02004–2016
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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