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More stormy weather in Michiana
Posted by on Thursday, August 24, 2006 at 6:19 am

Some more heavy weather is moving in off the lake this morning. Closer view here. No warnings at the moment, though.

Meanwhile, more details are emerging about yesterday’s severe, possibly tornadic storms:

A one-two punch of powerful storms, accompanied by tornado reports, battered northeastern Porter County, much of LaPorte County and parts of Lake County on Wednesday evening.

Emergency management crews worked late into the night, clearing roadways, marking downed power lines and checking for injured residents.

The hardest hit areas in Porter County included Dune Acres, Beverly Shores and Pines. Washington Park in Michigan City was wracked by tornado-like winds that whipped boats around at the in-water Boat Show set to begin today for a three-day run. Winds of 106 mph were reported by WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling.

At least one tractor-trailer was toppled by winds on Interstate 94 near Westville.

The Porter County Sheriff’s Department received several unconfirmed reports of funnel clouds that touched down, including a report about 7:30 p.m. of a funnel cloud near U.S. 231 south of Hebron near the Porter-Lake county line.

Read the whole thing. More here and here.

The tornadoes haven’t actually been confirmed by the NWS yet, but WNDU is reporting that experts say all the signs point in that direction, and lots of witnesses report seeing funnel clouds.




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