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===Tornadoes=== On [[Tornado outbreak of April 2, 2006|April 2, 2006]], an F3 tornado swept through parts of Hopkinsville. In the storm, 200 homes were damaged and 28 people were injured.<ref>{{cite web|last=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office|title=Top 10 Weather Headlines of 2006|url=http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/?n=top10of2006|access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref> In addition, structural damage was reported to dozens of other businesses, along with countless trees, power lines, transmission towers and other structures, cutting electricity to the city of Hopkinsville. A gas line was also damaged, causing a gas leak. On [[Tornadoes of 2022#January 1β3|January 1, 2022]], an EF2 tornado struck Hopkinsville, removing the canopy from a gas station, and destroying the petrol pumps. A church lost parts of its roof, and trees were snapped and some uprooted along the path. This was the first confirmed tornado of 2022.<ref>{{cite report|author=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=NWS Damage Survey for 01/01/22 Tornado Event|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSPAH&e=202201022224|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|access-date=January 2, 2022|date=January 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Preliminary Local Storm Report|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=LSRPAH&e=202201022332|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=January 2, 2022|accessdate=January 2, 2022}}</ref> On [[Tornado outbreak of March 31 β April 1, 2023|March 31, 2023]], the downtown area sustained noteworthy damage from straight-line winds of up to 90 mph,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Jennifer P. |date=2023-04-03 |title=Friday storm produced straight-line winds, NWS team determines |url=https://hoptownchronicle.org/friday-storm-produced-straight-line-winds-nws-team-determines/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Hoptown Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> lifting off the upper floor of restaurant The Mixer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Jennifer P. |date=2023-04-03 |title=A gut punch: Storm delivers blow to owners of The Mixer |url=https://hoptownchronicle.org/a-gut-punch-storm-delivers-blow-to-owners-of-the-mixer/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Hoptown Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> in the former Young Hardware space, as well as damaging the city's clock tower and the Woody Winfree Fire and Transportation Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Jennifer P. |date=2023-04-03 |title=Storm damages clock tower building but collection of antique vehicles not harmed |url=https://hoptownchronicle.org/storm-damages-clock-tower-building-but-collection-of-antique-vehicles-not-harmed/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Hoptown Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref>
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