201
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$5.8M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Montgomery County, Kentucky: 201 recorded events between 1963 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 83. That places the county #1,021 nationally and #27 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Montgomery County, Kentucky: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Montgomery County is the 2010s, when 80 of the county's 201 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 Montgomery County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 62.6% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,021 for this hazard and #27 within Kentucky, putting it in the 67.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Montgomery County with 66 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2025 | BEAN | 50 | $0 |
| May 17, 2025 | EWINGTON | 50 | $0 |
| May 17, 2025 | LUCKY STOP | 50 | $1K |
| Apr 29, 2025 | SPENCER | 50 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | CAMARGO | 50 | $750 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | EWINGTON | 50 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | JUDY | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 26, 2024 | JEFFERSONVILLE | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | LEVEE | 50 | $0 |
| May 26, 2024 | MT STERLING | 50 | $0 |
Other hazards here
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Possible tornado touchdown. Four rooms at Days Inn blown out. Heliy Meyers Furniture Store was halfway knocked down. Tractor-semitrailers were turned over. Jockey International Factory roof was blown off. Margo Auto Part Store was destroyed. Traffic lights were out, and a local radio station was out.
A storm damage survey team from the National Weather Service office in Jackson, KY confirmed that damage that occurred on Ficklin Road between Camargo and Jeffersonville bewteen 658 and 705 pm EDT on Thursday April 11, was caused by straight line winds. Winds were estimated to have peaked between 85 and 95 mph. The straight line winds spread debris out across an area approximately 660 yards in length and about 720 yards wide. Several homes and barns sustained significant wind damage, with multiple trees being felled as well. Two barns, a small single structure and a few tress also sustained damage from the winds on Camargo Levee Road at around 658 pm EDT. The debris field left on Camargo Levee Road was approximately 400 yards long and 100 yards wide.
A tree was blown down and onto Maysville Rd. Traffic was blocked until around 630pm that evening as crews worked to clear the tree from the road. The tree also took down several power lines as it fell, causing power outages for a few hundred customers in the area. Wind damage also occurred at the nearby Judy Drive-In. A barn on Maysville Rd destroyed and another barn near the Somerset Christian Church was damaged by thunderstorm winds.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Montgomery County, Kentucky?
201 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Montgomery County between 1963 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Montgomery County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Montgomery County measured 83.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, Kentucky.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/kentucky/montgomery-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.