Wayne County, Kentucky
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1968 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
9
Tornado reports
55
Hail reports
30
Floods since 1996
406
All events
5
Deaths
$29.7M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Wayne County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 9 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 F4 Tornado
Tornado F4 Tornado
Wayne County Coroner said 70-year-old Tensley Couch died Thursday afternoon in the snow outside of his home in the Jabez community. His cause of death is believed to be cold weather and exertion. The coroner said Couch came home from the store and when his truck became stuck abou…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
An emergency manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Woodland Hl and KY-90.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
An emergency manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of KY-92 and KY-90.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Significant mixed precipitation and ice accretion impacted the county on the 25th. Pictures on social media showed up to an estimated 0.4 inches of ice accretion in the Monticello area.
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
The public shared a video of a rotating wall cloud with occasional funnel clouds. The rotation moved NE out of Wayne County and into far SW Pulaski County. The individual who filmed the video was looking east towards KY-90 in Mill Springs, and the rotation moved parallel to KY-90…
Hail Hail
Shortly after 1 PM EST, nickel-sized hail was reported near Cooper.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees and powerlines were reported down along KY-3106 as well as KY-1275 N, between Monticello and Steubenville.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown down onto a mobile home, also causing electrical lines to fall on the home, in the 500 block of South Main Street in Monticello.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Wayne County dispatch reported multiple trees blown down along KY-92, west of Monticello.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown down and was blocking Michigan Avenue in Monticello, adjacent to the Monticello Wayne County Park.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The CWOP station at Conley Bottom on Cumblerland Lake reported a 59 mph gust as storms began to move through at 12:30am EDT.
Hail Hail
A trained spotter reported 1 inch hail in downtown Monticello.
Hail Hail
Multiple pictures on social media showed baseball sized hail in Monticello. One such photo and stone was near the intersection of State Highway 3285 and State Highway 776.
Hail Hail
Large amounts of ping pong ball sized hail was reported near the Doughboy Statue on Main Street in downtown Monticello.
Hail Hail
Multiple reports of broken windows and damaged vinyl siding were made in Monticello for the large hail this evening. At a residence along Bob Carrender Road (Donnie Patton Rd), there were photos of holes in the siding, with hail estimated to be at least ping pong ball sized.
Hail Hail
A picture on social media showed piles of melting large hail along Michigan Avenue in Monticello. Some of these stones are at least quarter-sized even after melting some, and the ground is completely covered. Vehicles are also covered in tree debris from the falling hail.
Hail Hail
A social media report showed a picture of a couple of hail stones estimated to be the size of golf balls in the Delta community of Wayne County.
Hail Hail
Pictures on social media show structural damage along Cherry Street in Monticello from the large hail that fell. Multiple broken windsow and tattered vinyl siding is visible, alongside piles of large, melting hail stones.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Wayne County 911 reports trees downed on Dugan Street in Monticello.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Two large trees were reported to have been blow down along KY-834 near the intersection with Old Fire Trail Road, heading toward KY-90.
High Wind High Wind
The Kentucky Mesonet site in Wayne County (MONT- Monticello 4 NW) recorded a maximum wind gust of 57 mph at 11:30pm on March 4th. Another gust occurred a few minutes earlier (at 11:16pm) clocking 52 mph at the mesonet, and the AWOS station at the Monticello Airport (KEKQ) clocked…
High Wind High Wind
The Wayne County Mesonet station, located 3 miles WNW of Mill Springs, recorded a non-thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph at 8am.
High Wind High Wind
Three weather stations, a Kentucky Mesonet station 4 miles northwest of Monticello, an AWOS at the Monticello Airport, and a personal weather station a the Conley Bottom Resort reported peak wind gusts of 35 to 41 mph between 235 PM EST and 345 PM EST. Isolated higher gusts likel…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Wayne County dispatch reported a tree blown down on KY-834 West approximately one mile north of the intersection with KY-90.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The Mesonet station located 4 miles NW of Monticello measured a 61 mph wind gust at 6:45 PM EDT.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees were reported down on road to Jonesville Boat Ramp, south of the community of Keno.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Wayne county dispatch reported that a vehicle hit a tree blown down into the road near the intersection of KY-1568 and Bradley Road, in the community of Frazer.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Wayne county dispatch reported a tree blown down on Twyford Point Road near the lakeshore, west of Monticello.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees and powerlines were reported to have been blown down along KY-1275 North, in the direction of Conley Bottom on the Cumberland River, southwest of Somerset.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Numerous 911 calls reporting a roof collapse at the Conley Bottom Resort main pier on Lake Cumberland, leaving people trapped on their boats.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Two large trees were downed on Stone Creek Drive in the Noetown area on the west side of Middlesboro.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported downed onto a car in Monticello. Multiple other reports of trees downed across Monticello were also made on X.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
North Main Street was closed in front of the Monticello City Fire Department due to flooding.
Hail Hail
A public report of quarter sized hail was made in Monticello.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Powerlines were reported to have been blown down on Old Bethel Church Road north of Happy Top.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported blown down onto KY-834 W, about 0.25 miles from KY-90 near the community of Susie.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A large tree was down on power lines along Hwy-167 near Patten Creek Road in the community of Mt. Pisgah.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
A member of the public reported 4 inches of snowfall near the Monticello area at 2:20pm on January 15. This is not the storm total snowfall through 16th, but still met warning criteria.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A member of the public reported multiple trees blown down in the Bugwood community.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The KEKQ AWOS measured a 51 knot thunderstorm wind gust.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
County dispatch reported multiple trees blown down onto KY-92 east of Monticello in the vicinity of Oil Valley.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported to have been blown down onto powerlines along KY-167 south of Monticello.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported to have been blown down onto powerlines along Missouri Hollow Road south of Monticello.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was reported to have been blown down near the Duncan Branch community along Edwards Mountain Road.
High Wind High Wind
At 1:10 PM EDT, a utility line was reported to have been blown down just WNW of Stuebenville.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 12 | 0 |
| 2015 | 18 | 0 |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | 13 | 0 |
| 2012 | 18 | 0 |
| 2011 | 21 | 0 |
| 2010 | 38 | 1 |
| 2009 | 17 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 1 |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 |
| 2006 | 19 | 0 |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 |
| 2004 | 16 | 0 |
| 2003 | 21 | 0 |
| 2002 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 1 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5 |
| 1971 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 2 | 0 |
| 1968 | 1 | 0 |
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