Friday, Oct 9: Kentucky has no severe risk in the outlook through Sunday.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for Kentucky over the next three days, the SevereWX forecast for each Kentucky city we cover, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
SPC outlook for Kentucky
Day 1 (Friday, October 9): No severe risk
Day 2 (Saturday, October 10): General thunderstorms
Kentucky averages 27.7 tornadoes a year (1996–2025), about 5.3 of them rated EF2 or stronger.
51% of them touch down between March and May, and April alone accounts for 22%. The busiest year on record in that span was 2011, with 60.
Storm reports average about 133 for large hail a year (8.7 of them 2 inches or larger) and 603 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov