Severe storms cause damage across Michiana

Severe weather rampaged Indiana on Friday, prompting tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings throughout the afternoon. 

The first storm report came in around 12:40 PM, and the rest followed until around 3 PM. The first report to come in was in Michigan City where a tree fell on a car, critically injuring one person. Around 2:30 PM, several reports of downed trees, power poles and barn damage came in from Marshall and Kosciusko counties.

Bourbon, 2:05 PM - Tree down across road.

Etna Green, 2:06 PM - Tree limbs down, barn damage, grain bin damaged, corn flattened.

Nappanee, 2:15 PM - Barn and roof damage.

Clunette, 2:35 PM - 3 power poles snapped and transformer down.

Beaver Dam Lake, 2:36 PM - Several trees down.

Pictures below:

Severe thunderstorm moving into Leesburg area. Jared

Shelf cloud of severe warned storm moving into Leesburg area. Jared


Severe thunderstorm moving into Bourbon. Michael Barnhart

Barn damaged in Nappanee Matt Hummel

Tree down in Bourbon Aaron Stevens



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