Lyon County, Kentucky
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1970 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
15
Tornado reports
25
Hail reports
36
Floods since 1996
573
All events
6
Deaths
$22.1M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Lyon County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 15 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.
This historic EF-4 tornado was associated with a very long-track supercell that originally formed over eastern Arkansas. The supercell produced a nearly continuous tornado damage path from northeast Arkansas across western Tennessee and western Kentucky. The starting point of thi…
The community of Kuttawa was struck by a microburst that downed numerous trees. Some of the trees were two to three feet in diameter. Extensive damage occurred at Kuttawa Harbor. Numerous boats and docks were damaged in the harbor. Three docks were extensively damaged.
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A tree was downed onto Friendship Rd.
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Power outages in Lyon County reached approximately 25% at peak outage level.
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Extreme heat continued from the third week of July. Heat indices only reached heat advisory duration criteria July 26th and 27th.
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Extreme heat continued into late July.
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Hail Hail
Hail estimated at quarter size was reported in Kuttawa.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
An NWS damage survey found that a brief EF-1 with peak winds of 105 mph tornado occurred southwest of the Lamasco community in southeast Lyon County, KY. Most of the damage was in the form of uprooted trees along Highway 274, but a pole barn and chicken coop were destroyed and a …
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A tree was blown down across the road around mile marker 11 on KY-93.
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Flood Flood
Flash flooding from the evening of the 15th transitioned to areal flooding early on the 16th. Highways 1943 and 819 remained closed.
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Flash flooding has closed Highway 1943 at Skin Frame Creek and Highway 819 at Panther Creek. Several county roads also flooded in the same areas.
Flood Flood
Poplar Creek Road has flooded near Poplar Creek just west of Kuttawa. Bill Thompson Road was flooded at Spring Creek and Joe Peek Road was flooded near Crab Creek.
Flood Flood
KY-293 was closed due to high water at Glass Creek. Approximately 2 to 2.5 inches of rain had fallen at the time of road closure, with an additional inch or rain through the evening.
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Flood Flood
Water was observed on KY-1943 near the Skinframe Creek bridge. Radar estimated rainfall was around an inch.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1 |
| 2022 | 32 | 1 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1 |
| 2020 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1 |
| 2017 | 17 | 0 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1 |
| 2015 | 22 | 0 |
| 2014 | 16 | 0 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1 |
| 2012 | 23 | 0 |
| 2011 | 30 | 2 |
| 2010 | 31 | 0 |
| 2009 | 17 | 2 |
| 2008 | 22 | 0 |
| 2007 | 18 | 0 |
| 2006 | 22 | 0 |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 |
| 2004 | 11 | 0 |
| 2003 | 14 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 |
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