| July 2022 | Lightning | Madisonville | 1 killed | A 38-year-old man who was flying a remote-controlled plane was struck by lightning. He was airlifted to an out-of-state hospital, where he died several days later. |
| June 2009 | Lightning | Madisonville | 1 hurt | A UPS truck driver was struck by lightning as he stepped down from his truck while making a delivery. He was treated and released from the local emergency room. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Madisonville | $250,000 | Flooding was particularly severe around the Parkway Plaza Mall off of the Pennyrile Parkway. At least six businesses in the mall area sustained flood damage. Several inches of water covered the floor of one business. Local police reported one and a half feet of water flowing down the main street through Madisonville. Local officials reported nearly four inches of rain fell during the day, mostly in the morning. |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Madisonville | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $75,000 | A broad area of scattered wind damage was observed over a wide swath across central and southern Hopkins County. The damage consisted mostly of downed tree limbs averaging 3 to 6 inches in diameter. There were occasional uprooted trees, generally small in size. Trees were down across U.S. Highway 62 on the north side of Nortonville. Tin roofing was peeled off a few barns and outbuildings. At least ten trees were uprooted in Hopkins County. Peak winds in Hopkins County were estimated near 80 mph. The main area of damage in Hopkins County began along Highway 70 southwest of Madisonville. It extended southeast across the Western Kentucky Parkway between St. Charles and the Pennyrile Parkway. The damage area crossed into Christian County southwest of White Plains, including the Pennyrile Parkway area. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Madisonville | $75,000 | Very heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding. Streets were closed and voluntary evacuations were conducted. Flooding damaged several businesses in Madisonville. Rainfall measured 5.34 inches at the water plant in Madisonville. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $30,000 | Widespread damaging winds accompanied a line of thunderstorms across the Madisonville area. Several trees were snapped or uprooted in Hanson. Large trees were down in Madisonville. A wind gust to 62 mph was measured at a mesonet site four miles south of Madisonville. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $30,000 | A home on Jaygeo street in Madisonville had part of its roof blown off. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $30,000 | At an industrial park within the northeastern city limits of Madisonville, several panels of tin were torn off the roof of a spec building. Insulation was blown away. Some branches and debris were found in the surrounding area. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $30,000 | Several trees were blown down in and near the Madisonville area. One tree fell on a mobile home resulting in substantial damage. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $30,000 | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $25,000 | A few shingles were blown off at least a half dozen homes in Madisonville, along with some large limbs blown down causing power outages. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $20,000 | A microburst with estimated peak winds of 75 mph damaged several structures and some trees. Four homes, a business, and a shed received some shingle damage. Large sections of a vinyl fence were blown down. Several large tree limbs were down. The damage area was about 500 yards long and 500 yards wide. The damage occurred along and just west of U.S. Highway 41. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $15,000 | A few miles west of Madisonville, a porch was heavily damaged. The front wall of the porch separated from the foundation, and the porch windows were blown out. At a nearby business, an aluminum roof was ripped off a storage shed. A trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 70 mph. In the city, a couple of power lines were blown down, causing power outages. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $10,000 | Multiple tree limbs and several trees were down. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Madisonville | $10,000 | Highway 254 was impassable due to flooding near Madisonville. In Madisonville, U.S. Highway 41 was closed due to flooding, and a vehicle was stranded in floodwaters at a mall. The driver of the vehicle was safely removed. Four streets in Dawson Springs were closed. A secondary road near Beulah was blocked by flooding. |
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Madisonville | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported a tornado on the ground near exit 44 along the Pennyrile Parkway. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $10,000 | A wind gust to 60 mph was measured in the southern part of Madisonville. Large tree limbs were down, blocking a few roads and damaging a fence. A small porch on a restaurant was damaged, along with a gazebo. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $10,000 | Three homes were damaged. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $10,000 | Several trees and large limbs were blown down in Madisonville. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $6,000 | Trees were blown down, blocking roads. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $6,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down. One of the limbs crashed through the roof of a parked van and caused minor damage to a neighbor's residence. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Madisonville | $5,000 | Significant flash flooding was reported in the Madisonville area. Flooding was reported over a portion of Interstate 69 at exit 116. Flooding in town resulted in one stalled vehicle. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Madisonville | $5,000 | Up to 6 inches of water was on roads in downtown Madisonville. Water entered at least one business. Sewers and storm drains were backed up. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $5,000 | Several trees were brought down by thunderstorm winds. A large tree fell on a house on Hall Street. Electricity was cut to about 200 customers. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Madisonville | $4,000 | Several roads were flooded in Madisonville. Minor flooding was observed in the emergency management office in Madisonville. About 1.3 inches of rain was measured in 30 minutes. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $4,000 | Damaging thunderstorm winds occurred throughout the Madisonville area. A trained spotter on the southwest side of Madisonville estimated winds gusted to 65 mph, downing small tree limbs. In Madisonville, downed power lines blocked travel on a portion of U.S. Highway 41. At the Madisonville airport east of the city, the automated observing system clocked a gust to 60 mph. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $4,000 | A few trees and power lines were down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $4,000 | Large tree limbs and power lines were down. |
| June 2011 | Lightning | Madisonville | $3,000 | Sporadic power outages occurred due to lightning strikes. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $3,000 | A wind gust to 62 mph was measured at the Kentucky mesonet site south of Madisonville. A live power line came down across a road in Earlington. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $3,000 | Trees were down. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were down. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $2,000 | A tree was blown down on a house. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Madisonville | $2,000 | A vehicle was stranded in flooding under a railroad overpass. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | $1,000 | A large oak tree was snapped. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Madisonville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Flood | Madisonville | - | Report submitted via mPING. Radar estimated rainfall was approximately one inch, most of which fell within an hour. |
| December 2024 | Flood | Madisonville | - | Flooding was reported on McCoy Street, as brief torrential rainfall occurred with a fast-moving line of thunderstorms. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Madisonville | - | This severe thunderstorm began in southwest Union County, producing a swath of large hail southeast across western Webster County to Madisonville. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | - | A trained spotter estimated winds gusted between 40 and 60 mph near Deaconess Hospital. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Madisonville | - | Several roads in Madisonville were closed due to flash flooding. Storm total rainfall of 2 to 3 inches was reported in the Madisonville area. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Madisonville | - | Water was over several roads in Madisonville, including U.S. Highway 41, which was impassable. About six inches of water covered Highway 41A. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Madisonville | - | A few state roads were flooded in the Madisonville area, including the intersection of Highways 254 and 892 just east of Madisonville. A 24-hour total of 4.73 inches was reported by the co-operative observer at Madisonville. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Madisonville | - | Street flooding was reported in the city of Madisonville. A side street was impassable where it passed through a railroad tunnel. There were lane closures on U.S. Highway 41 on the south end of the city. Manhole covers were blown off on the east side of the city. A citizen on the northwest side of Madisonville measured a 12-hour rainfall of 3.41 inches. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Madisonville | - | The Kentucky mesonet site near Madisonville measured 1.03 inches of rain in 45 minutes. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Madisonville | - | Flash flooding was reported on the north side of Madisonville. U.S. Highway 41 was impassable at the railroad tunnel. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Madisonville | - | Pea to dime-size hail was reported at exit 44 of the Pennyrile Parkway. |
| July 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Madisonville | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud with broad, weak rotation. |
| December 2012 | Heavy Rain | Madisonville | - | Locally heavy rainfall of around an inch per hour caused some roads to become covered with water. |
| February 2012 | Heavy Rain | Madisonville | - | Street flooding occurred in the city of Madisonville. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Madisonville | - | Half-dollar size hail occurred on the south side of Madisonville. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Madisonville | - | Golf ball size hail was reported just northwest of Madisonville. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | - | The Kentucky Mesonet site near Madisonville recorded a wind gust of 56 knots. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Madisonville | - | Quarter size hail was observed in Madisonville. Golf-ball size hail was reported at exit 40 on the Pennyrile Parkway. This was the same storm that produced golf-ball size hail in the Dawson Springs and St. Charles areas earlier. |
| February 2011 | Heavy Rain | Madisonville | - | The railroad underpass on U.S. Highway 41 was flooded. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville | - | A measured wind gust to 60 mph was observed. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Madisonville | - | There were several reports of urban and small stream flooding around the county. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Madisonville | - | A couple of houses were evacuated in the county. U.S. Highway 62 was closed between mile markers 16 and 18 due to high water. U.S. Highway 41 was closed between mile markers 16 and 17. Several other secondary roads were closed throughout the county. In Madisonville, six inches of water was under an overpass on State Route 70. Water was over portions of a side street. A trained spotter measured just over 5 inches in Dawson Springs. |
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