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
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
| Rank | County | Events | Deaths | Damage | Span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Daviess County | 25 | 0 | $0 | 1999–2025 |
| #2 | Hopkins County | 24 | 0 | $0 | 2004–2019 |
| #3 | Christian County | 16 | 0 | $0 | 2000–2025 |
| #4 | Muhlenberg County | 13 | 0 | $0 | 1998–2021 |
| #5 | Laurel County | 10 | 0 | $0 | 2004–2012 |
| #6 | McCracken County | 8 | 0 | $0 | 1997–2025 |
| #7 | Henderson County | 8 | 0 | $0 | 2002–2016 |
| #8 | Pulaski County | 8 | 0 | $0 | 2004–2012 |
| #9 | Calloway County | 7 | 0 | $0 | 2004–2019 |
| #10 | Graves County | 6 | 0 | $0 | 2011–2018 |
| #11 | Whitley County | 6 | 0 | $0 | 2002–2015 |
| #12 | Todd County | 6 | 0 | $0 | 2003–2018 |
| #13 | Trigg County | 6 | 0 | $0 | 2009–2024 |
| #14 | Webster County | 6 | 0 | $0 | 2004–2019 |
| #15 | Montgomery County | 5 | 0 | $0 | 2011–2017 |
| #16 | Caldwell County | 5 | 0 | $0 | 2010–2018 |
| #17 | Marshall County | 5 | 0 | $0 | 1999–2022 |
| #18 | Rowan County | 4 | 0 | $0 | 2007–2020 |
| #19 | Leslie County | 4 | 0 | $25K | 2004–2009 |
| #20 | Johnson County | 4 | 0 | $0 | 2011–2014 |
| #21 | Union County | 4 | 0 | $0 | 2005–2025 |
| #22 | Ballard County | 3 | 0 | $0 | 2012–2014 |
| #23 | Livingston County | 3 | 0 | $0 | 2004–2018 |
| #24 | Wayne County | 3 | 0 | $0 | 2004–2025 |
| #25 | McLean County | 3 | 0 | $0 | 2004–2016 |