EVENING NEWS HEADLINES 04/25
CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION DIRECTOR STEVE BOURNE SAYS THE STORMWATER UTILITY SYSTEM HAD PERFORMED WELL THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON, BUT WARNED NO SYSTEM CAN WIN THE BATTLE AGAINST MOTHER NATURE IN THE MOST EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES.
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MEANWHILE, THE HOPKINSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REMINDING RESIDENTS TO NEVER DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO JUDGE THE DEPTH OR SWIFTNESS OF THE CURRENT.
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A LATE AFTERNOON ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER LEFT DAMAGE TO BARNS AND TREES ON BRADSHAW ROAD MONDAY AFTER NUMEROUS TORNADO WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR TRIGG, CHRISTIAN, TODD AND MUHLENBERG COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
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A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE MONTGOMERY-STEWART COUNTY LINE EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON, WHILE TODD COUNTY FISCAL COURT MAGISTRATE BRENT SPURLIN SAID HE KNEW OF NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THERE.    
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EDC DIRECTOR LEE CONRAD SAID THE “CODE RED” EARLY NOTIFICATION PHONE SYSTEM GOT POSITIVE REVIEWS FROM LOCAL INDUSTRIES, WHO HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO WARN THEIR WORKERS OF THE IMPENDING STORM WHEN THE PHONE CALL WENT OUT TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS HOPKINSVILLE.
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