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Clay storm history

Storm events recorded in Clay, Kentucky between 1950 and 2025.

438
Total events
7
Tornadoes
52
Hail
67
Floods
4
Deaths
$6.1M
Property damage

Most significant events

Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.

July 28, 2022 · Clay, Kentucky
Flash Flood Flash Flood3 deaths
Multiple reports of flash flooding were received from western Clay County. Reports included: 3:00 AM EST - The bridge at Skull Branch was reported washed out. 3:00 AM EST - The newspaper indicated multiple reporst of flash flooding in the Little Bullskin area near Oneida around t…
February 16, 2015 · Clay, Kentucky
Winter Storm Winter Storm1 death
A member of the public reported that 2.5 inches of snow had fallen in Oneida as of 930 am on the 16th. By 1122 am, Burning Springs had picked up 4 inches of snow in about five hours. Five inches of snow was reported in Oneida as of noon on this day. By storms end, the entire coun…
April 17, 1998 · Clay, Kentucky
Flood Flood$1.7M damage
April 3, 1974 · Clay, Kentucky
Tornado F2 Tornado$2.5M damage
June 26, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The public reported a downed tree on a home along Radio Hill Road, off of KY-687 just west of Manchester.
June 17, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported on a truck along with powerlines in the vicinity of 712 Ephram Creek Rd, west of Manchester.
May 20, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
County dispatch reported a tree blown down and partially blocking N KY-66 near the intersection with KY-149.
May 20, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
County dispatch reported a tree blown down and partially blocking KY-11 near the Knox/Clay county line.
May 16, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A power line was reported downed on the Hal Rogers Parkway near mile marker 26, near Hector Road.
May 16, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees were reported downed in the Big Creek community of Clay County.
May 16, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several trees were reported downed in the Otter Creek Road and Goose Creek Road (Hwy 1524) areas of Clay County.
May 16, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several trees were downed in the Curry Branch Road and KY-80 area, southwest of Manchester.
May 16, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees were reported down along Bar Creek Road, south of Oneida.
April 4, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Clay County State Garage reported 2 trees down 1 mile from the US 421-KY 638 intersection on KY 638.
April 3, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Clay County Highway Garage reported a tree down in Sextons Creek 1 mile NE from the intersection of KY-577 and KY-1350.
March 31, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported to have been blown down near the intersection of Charlie Sizemore Road (Island Creek-Sizemore Road) and US-421, just north of Manchester.
January 10, 2025 · Clay, Kentucky
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Snow accumulated in Clay County on January 10th and 11th. A preliminary report of 0.9 inches was received from near Manchester at 1444EST on the 10th. By 0800EST on the 11th, a CO-OP observer in Oneida measured a storm total of 4.0 inches.
September 27, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
High Wind High Wind
The only observing station in the county, the Peabody RAWS reported a peak wind gusts of 28 mph at 601 PM EST. However the station is likely sited very poorly. The county dispatch reported that trees and utility lines had been blown down in Manchester with numerous trees knocked …
September 24, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Hail Hail
A social media picture showed estimated 1.5 inch diameter hail near Grace.
September 24, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Hail Hail
A picture on social media showed hail of approximately 2.0 to 2.25 inches in diameter in the vicinity of Laurel Heights Road.
September 24, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Hail Hail
A picture on social media showed hail of at least 2 inch diameter near Burning Springs.
August 1, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Clay county dispatch reported a tree blown down on the road about 6 miles up KY-11 north, near the Wild Cat community.
August 1, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Laurel county dispatch reported a tree blown down onto Collins Fork Road. The exact location along the road was not given.
August 1, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Clay county dispatch reported a tree blown down onto US-421 S, approximately 11 miles out of Manchester.
August 1, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Clay county dispatch reported a tree blown down onto KY-472, about 2.5 miles from US-421, near the community of Burning Springs.
August 1, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Clay county dispatch reported a tree blown down onto Keith Lane, near the community of Burning Springs.
July 30, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Clay County 911 relayed a report of trees and powerlines down at the intersection of Greasy Branch Road and Highway 80, just south of Manchester.
July 30, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Clay County 911 relayed a report of trees down on Town Branch Road about half a mile west from downtown Manchester.
July 30, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees were reported down 1 mile south of the intersection of KY-2467 and KY-1524 on KY-2467, but north of the intersection with Hurricane Branch Road, southeast of the community of Brightshade.
July 30, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees and powerlines were blown down near Work Camp Drive, at the Red Bird Mission Work Camp in the Red Bird community.
July 5, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported down in the Robinson Creek community near Burning Springs in northern Clay County.
May 26, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees were reported downed countywide across Clay County.
May 26, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Both a tree and electric lines fell down onto a house on Lucy Lane, off KY-80 near Manchester. This caused the house to catch fire.
May 26, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees were reported down on Beech Creek Apartments in Manchester. The building had to be evacuated a result.
May 26, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind1 injury
A tree fell down onto a picnic shelter at Rawlings Stinson Park in Manchester. One person sustained non-life threatening injuries in the event, and was transported to the hospital by ambulance.
April 2, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported blown down onto US-421 in the vicinity of Chat Branch Road near the community of Garrard.
April 2, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown down onto US-421 near the intersection with Clay-Leslie Industrial Park Road.
January 14, 2024 · Clay, Kentucky
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
A measurement of 4.6 inches came in from Oneida in Clay County at 7am on January 16.
August 12, 2023 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown down on Bar Creek Road in the town of Barcreek.
July 2, 2023 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported to have blown down onto 1st Street in Oneida.
July 2, 2023 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported down on US-472 in the Fogertown Community.
July 2, 2023 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was down along US-421 near the Clay and Jackson County Line, near Shepherdtown.
July 2, 2023 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown down onto KY-149 near the community of Hector.
July 2, 2023 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown down onto KY-11 near the community of Garrard.
July 2, 2023 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported to be down near the 8000 block of KY-11 South just SSW of Oneida.
June 25, 2023 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A member of the public reported a tree blown down onto KY-11 near the Owsley/Clay county line.
April 1, 2023 · Clay, Kentucky
High Wind High Wind
Strong winds impacted Clay County throughout the afternoon on April 1st. At 11:30 AM EDT, the emergency manager reported that winds blew a tree down onto Ellis Branch Road, near the Chestnutburg community.
March 3, 2023 · Clay, Kentucky
High Wind High Wind
Two observing stations in Clay County, one the RAWS station in Peabody and the other in Manchester, reported gusts of 40 mph and 36 mph, respectively. While this isn't too concerning, the 911 dispatch reported trees down across the county, which would suggest instances of wind gu…
July 23, 2022 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees were blown down on Route 149 near the community of Eriline.
July 23, 2022 · Clay, Kentucky
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees were blown down along Hwy 66 near the community of Eriline.

Events by year

YearEventsTornadoes
2025130
2024210
2023100
2022200
2021220
202080
2019100
201830
201730
2016140
201590
2014230
2013100
2012110
2011200
2010340
2009160
2008170
2007190
2006170
200580
2004180
2003180
2002190
2001141
200071
199930
199870
199710
199680
1995111
199460
199310
199210
199120
199011
198620
198530
198431
198310
197411
196711
195820