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====Natural disasters==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Deadliest weather events in Kentucky history ! Date ! Death Toll ! Affected Regions |- | [[March 1890 middle Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak]] || March 27, 1890 || 200+ || Louisville, W KY |- | [[Gradyville flood]] || June 7, 1907 || 20 || Gradyville |- | [[MayโJune 1917 tornado outbreak sequence]] || May 27, 1917 || 66 || Fulton area |- | [[Early-May 1933 tornado outbreak sequence]] || May 9, 1933, Tornado || 38 || South Central KY |- | [[Ohio River flood of 1937]] || Early 1937 || unknown || Statewide |- | [[1974 Super Outbreak|April 3, 1974, tornado outbreak]] || April 3, 1974 || 72 || Statewide |- | March 1, 1997, Flooding || Early March 1997 || 18 || Statewide |- | [[Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2004]]<ref>{{cite web |author=John Denman |url=https://www.weather.gov/media/lmk/climate/2004_review.pdf |title=2004 in Review for Central Kentucky and South-Central Indiana |publisher=weather.gov |access-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412030426/https://www.weather.gov/media/lmk/climate/2004_review.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>|| May 30, 2004 || 0 || [[Jefferson County, KY]] |- | [[December 21โ24, 2004 North American winter storm]]<ref>{{cite web |author=((US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service)) |url=https://www.weather.gov/lmk/22dec2004_winterstorm |title=December 22, 2004 Snow Storm |publisher=weather.gov |access-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716194624/https://www.weather.gov/lmk/22dec2004_winterstorm |url-status=live }}</ref>|| December 21โ24, 2004 || unknown || Statewide |- | Widespread Flash Flooding<ref>{{cite web |author=((US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service)) |url=https://www.weather.gov/media/pah/Top10Events/2006/September22Flood.pdf |title=September 2006 was the wettest September on record at some locations |publisher=weather.gov |access-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412030428/https://www.weather.gov/media/pah/Top10Events/2006/September22Flood.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>|| September 22โ23, 2006 || 6 || Statewide |- | [[January 2009 North American ice storm]]<ref>{{cite web |author=((US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service)) |url=https://www.weather.gov/lmk/jan_2009_ice_and_snow |title=Ice and Snow Storm of January 28โ29, 2009 |publisher=weather.gov |access-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716170132/https://www.weather.gov/lmk/jan_2009_ice_and_snow |url-status=live }}</ref>|| January 26โ28, 2009 || 35 || Statewide |- | [[2009 Kentuckiana Flash Flood]]<ref>{{cite web |author=((US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service)) |url=https://www.weather.gov/lmk/august_4_2009_flash_flood |title=Flash Flood of August 4, 2009 |publisher=weather.gov |access-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716165729/https://www.weather.gov/lmk/august_4_2009_flash_flood |url-status=live }}</ref>|| August 4, 2009 || 36 || [[Kentuckiana]] |- | [[Tornado outbreak of March 2โ3, 2012]] || March 2, 2012 || 22 || Statewide |- |[[Tornado outbreak of December 10โ11, 2021]] |December 10โ11, 2021 |74 |Kentucky, 5 other states |- |[[JulyโAugust 2022 United States floods]] || July 24 โ August 2, 2022 || 37 || Kentucky, 5 other states |- |[[Tornado outbreak sequence of May 15โ16, 2025]] |May 15-16, 2025 |19 |Kentucky, 6 other states |}
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