111
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
4
Direct injuries
$1.3M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Garrard County, Kentucky: 111 recorded events between 1969 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #2,069 nationally and #92 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Garrard County, Kentucky: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Garrard County is the 2000s, when 31 of the county's 111 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Garrard County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 64.5% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,069 for this hazard and #92 within Kentucky, putting it in the 34.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Garrard County with 29 recorded events, while Sep is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1999 | BUCKEYE | 60 | 0 | 3 | $80K |
| Jul 6, 1987 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2025 | LANCASTER | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | HYATTSVILLE | 50 | $0 |
| May 21, 2025 | HYATTSVILLE | 50 | $0 |
| May 17, 2025 | HAMMACK | 50 | $0 |
| May 17, 2025 | HACKLEY | 50 | $0 |
| May 17, 2025 | LANCASTER | 55 | $0 |
| May 16, 2025 | CARTERSVILLE | 50 | $0 |
| May 16, 2025 | HYATTSVILLE | 50 | $0 |
| May 16, 2025 | LANCASTER | 50 | $0 |
| Aug 17, 2024 | HACKLEY | 52 | $0 |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A tied down house trailer was rolled about 100 feet into the middle of a road and was destroyed. The adult female and 2 children that were in the home at the time were treated for minor injuries. Also, damage occurred to several homes and barns. Trees were downed. The wind was strong enough to push large rolled bales of hay down a hill.
The Garrard County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees down across the northern part of the county. A large tree fell on a storage building and power lines on Chenault Lane near Herrington Lake. Downed power poles and lines were also blocking a county road in the area.
Barns and houses were damaged. trees and power lines were downed near the intersection of KY 1131 and 1295. This was straight line wind damage associated with the line of storms that shortly after this report produced a tornado in Garrard and Madison Counties.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Garrard County, Kentucky?
111 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Garrard County between 1969 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Garrard County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Garrard County measured 78.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Garrard County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Garrard County, Kentucky.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kentucky/garrard-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.