Jefferson County, Kentucky
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1957 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
34
Tornado reports
208
Hail reports
245
Floods since 1996
1,264
All events
27
Deaths
$284.0M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Jefferson County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 34 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Tornado EF3 Tornado
A tornado touched down, beginning along Watterson Trail and Rivanna Dr, continuing into a heavily industrial section west of Blankenbaker Dr, crossing near the cloverleaf of I-265 and I-64, and then continuing into some residential areas along Beckley Station Road, crossing Shelb…
Three people went swimming in the swollen Floyds Fork at Broad Run Park when one of them, a man in his 20s, got pulled under by the current. Given recent rains the river was elevated, but still within its banks. The Mt Washington, Floyds Fork, gauge was around 12.5 feet at the ti…
Jefferson County received 5 to 8 inches of snow and sleet, in addition to around 0.10 inches of ice accumulation.
A large swath of straight line wind damage was observed across northeastern parts of Louisville, consistent with 75 to 80 mph winds. Numerous trees and power lines were downed by strong winds across the city. A 34 year old man was killed by debris on Hobbs Station Road in Anchora…
A Yellow Cab taxi driver tried to drive through standing water underneath a railroad overpass at 13th Street and Oak Street. When the vehicle he was driving stalled, the driver made several calls to 911, but provided an incorrect location for rescuers. He drowned due to the quick…
A 15-year old and his brother were playing near an open drainage ditch running through their back yard near the 9800 block of Melissa Drive when he slipped and fell into the rapidly running water. He was swept 100 yards through a culvert to the 9400 block of Tamarisk Drive. While…
A 67-year old male was preparing to leave his home along the banks of the Ohio River as flood waters rose on March 14. Before he could reach his car, however, the flood waters overcame him. He was found 6 days later not far from his home.
A homeless person died due to exposure in Louisville. The morning low at the Louisville International Airport ASOS was -6 degrees.
Thunderstorm winds in excess of 60 mph caused a large tree branch to fall on and kill a child at the intersection of Deerfield Avenue and Rudy lane.
Lightning struck a house on the 3900th block on third street. It started a fire in the basement that eventually consumed the house. Two people did not make it out of the house and died.
A man working in his yard in Louisville died of heat stroke during the afternoon of July 6th. The official temperature at the time of his death was 101 degrees.
A two year old child was found unresponsive in a hot car. It is unclear how long the child had been in the car. The coroner ruled the child died from overheating. The peak temperature during the afternoon was 87.
After a night of temperatures in the teens, police discovered the body of a man about a mile from his home in southwest Louisville the morning of February 11, on the deck of a home under construction. An autopsy showed that he had died of hypothermia.
Sleet, mixing with snow at times, brought 2 to 4 inches from south to north across the Louisville metro area through 8 am Tuesday, February 27th. Freezing rain beginning later that afternoon brought an additional 1/2 inch of ice accretion. Freezing rain changed to snow after dawn…
Slick roads due to light freezing rain lead to several injury-causing accidents and one fatality in the Louisville metropolitan area. The fatality occurred when a driver lot control of his vehicle and in eastern Jefferson County. Another accident on the Gene Snyder Expressway inj…
Standiford Field ASOS measured the 75 mph gust. At least several hundred trees and limbs were downed across Louisville Metro, causing the worst power outage in the city's history. More than 300,000 electrical customers were without power from two to seven days, and public schools…
An elderly woman was killed when a tree was blown on to a mobile home at the Pioneer Mobile Home Park.
The National Weather Service in Louisville surveyed storm damage in southeast Clark County IN, through far northeast Jefferson KY, and into western Oldham County. Specifically the tornado traveled just southeast of the Clark County Indiana Airport, east through Utica, crossing th…
Most of the downtown Louisville area received flooding with many commercial buildings in the immediate downtown area having damage. Numerous homes on the west side of town were also damaged. Some of these damage reports follow. The 800 Building in downtown Louisville had cars sub…
A fast moving EF-1 tornado briefly touched down four times in the Louisville Metro area as a squall line crossed the city. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 1.5 miles over the course of it's 16 mile long track. The first touchdown was in and industrial area just off…
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Applegate Lane near the intersection of Rochelle Road was completely flooded over short bridge.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree fell and took down power lines at the intersection of Cane Run Road and New Lynnview Drive.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blocking Hunting Creek Drive.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
There was a tree down across Blankenbaker Lane and Hempstead Road. Another tree was down over Blankenbaker Lane and Mohican Hill Court.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree fell down on Shelbyville Road between Eden Way and Lyndon Lane.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
A person was trapped in a vehicle being moved by flood waters.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
A person was unable to leave there house due to flooding. Water was waist deep, almost over the hood of a car.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
There was a vehicle stalled in water.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
There were multiple reports of water rescues for people trapped in their vehicles from flooded roadways.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
There was a vehicle stuck in flood waters.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
There was an apartment parking lot and local streets flooded.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
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There was a tree down on the exit ramp at the intersection of Interstate 64 and Cannons Lane.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree fell down, blocking both lanes of Cummings Road.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree fell on a car on South 43rd Street between Elliott Avenue and West Broadway.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree fell through a house.
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A tree fell onto a home.
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A tree was blocking Tyler Lane. There were multiple reports of trees down nearby as well.
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There was roof damage to a manufacturing building.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blocking a road in Friendly Hills.
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An NWS Storm Survey determined that a swath of straight line wind damage occurred on the morning of June 18th. Most of the damage occurred near the intersection of Poplar Level Road and Fern Valley Road where a warehouse building roof was partially collapsed, a small building los…
Flash Flood Flash Flood
State Emergency Management reported a submerged vehicle and water rescue on the 900 block of West Broadway in downtown.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
The underpass at 9th and Oak Street was flooded.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 0 |
| 2025 | 69 | 2 |
| 2024 | 29 | 2 |
| 2023 | 61 | 5 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1 |
| 2021 | 18 | 0 |
| 2020 | 33 | 0 |
| 2019 | 14 | 0 |
| 2018 | 122 | 1 |
| 2017 | 18 | 0 |
| 2016 | 46 | 0 |
| 2015 | 96 | 0 |
| 2014 | 17 | 0 |
| 2013 | 39 | 1 |
| 2012 | 56 | 3 |
| 2011 | 63 | 5 |
| 2010 | 25 | 0 |
| 2009 | 36 | 0 |
| 2008 | 43 | 1 |
| 2007 | 23 | 1 |
| 2006 | 36 | 1 |
| 2005 | 18 | 1 |
| 2004 | 35 | 1 |
| 2003 | 21 | 0 |
| 2002 | 21 | 1 |
| 2001 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 1 |
| 1996 | 29 | 1 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 1 |
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1975 | 6 | 0 |
| 1974 | 5 | 2 |
| 1973 | 11 | 0 |
| 1972 | 2 | 0 |
| 1971 | 5 | 0 |
| 1970 | 4 | 1 |
| 1969 | 3 | 0 |
| 1968 | 2 | 0 |
| 1967 | 2 | 0 |
| 1966 | 6 | 0 |
| 1965 | 2 | 0 |
| 1964 | 3 | 2 |
| 1963 | 4 | 0 |
| 1961 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | 1 | 0 |
| 1957 | 3 | 0 |
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