HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – As strong winds and thunderstorms moved across the region Sunday night, emergency crews and linemen in Hopkinsville worked well into the night to ensure the safety of the public. The storms caused a tree to fall on a home, and damaged electric poles across Christian County.
When storms hit around 8:30 p.m. on March 15, the Hopkinsville Fire Department/EMS immediately responded to several calls for service in the county, according to spokesperson Payton Rogers. Incidents included a structure fire on Country Club Lane, and an accident involving two Amish buggies that left the roadway on Russellville Road.
“At one point, I believe we had nearly every staffed apparatus either responding, on-scene, or transporting,” he told Christian County Now. As the second round of storms came through later that night, firefighters and emergency responders provided aid as trees fell onto powerlines.
Crews also responded to a home on South Clay Street where a tree had fallen on the structure. They ensured that no one was trapped inside, and no injuries were reported.
Pennyrile Electric repaired 18 broken poles as a result of the storm along with downed lines which resulted in outages in and around Christian County. Within the city limits, HES customers also experienced outages due to wind damage.
The National Weather Service in Paducah has since released more information about the storms, disclosing that the intense squall line moved quickly east across the region with damaging winds of 60 to 70 mph occurring. There have been two confirmed tornadoes from this event so far, both in southeast Missouri.
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