Rush Co. resident describes tornado after spotting funnel cloud

ON SATURDAY A SMALL CHANCE OF A FEW SHOWERS ALL RIGHT BRIAN THANK YOU MANY FOX 59 VIEWERS HAVE SENT US PICTURES OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN RUSH COUNTY LIKE THIS ONE YOU SEE BEHIND US AND SO NOW WE WANT TO GET YOU SOME LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THE GROUND OF THE SEVERE WEATHER >> FOX 59 SCARLETT O'HARA IS LIVE IN WAR OUT IN RUSH COUNTY SO WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT NOW >> WE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE MUCH OF THIS DAMAGE BECAUSE IT'S SO DARK OUTSIDE BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE EXTRA GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE PHOTOS OF VIEWERS ARE SENDING IN NOW THAT INCLUDES A PHOTO SENT BY JOHN CARTER WHO LIVES OUT HERE IN MILROY WE'RE GOING TO SHOW TO ON SCREEN YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE IN THIS PHOTO THE FUNNEL CLOUD COMING DOWN DISAPPEARING BEHIND SOME TREES IN THE DISTANCE NOW THIS WAS TAKING ACTUALLY RIGHT WHERE WE'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW AND IN THIS VIDEO SENT BY SHERIFF ALLEN RICE YOU COULD SEE THE FUNNEL CLOUD GROWING EVENTUALLY KICKING UP DIRT ON THE GROUND I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE RUSH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY WHO SAID MOST OF THE REPORTS THAT HAVE COME IN SO FAR HAVE BEEN FOR TREE DAMAGE AND DOWNED POWER LINES BUT THERE HAS BEEN ONE REPORT OF A BARN SUSTAINING DAMAGE HE ADDED THAT BECAUSE IT'S SO DARK OUT RIGHT NOW OFFICIALS LIKELY WON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE STORM DAMAGE UNTIL TOMORROW AND AS OF RIGHT NOW HE SAID IT SEEMS LIKE THE AREA ALONG TO 44 EAST OF STATE ROAD 3 WAS THE HARDEST HIT NOW JOHN CARTER WHO TOOK THAT PHOTO WE SHOWED YOU JUST A MINUTE AGO HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT WHAT HE EXPERIENCED TODAY >> CLOUDS STARTING HAND DOWN AND GOT HERE AT HOME I TURNED AROUND AND TOOK THE PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF TORNADO COMING DOWN GOT ONE NICE PICTURES WILL CLOSE DOWN AND SOON CAME IN FROM BEHIND US SO WENT IN WENT BASEMENT AND THEY GET THROUGH PRETTY JUST EXCITED TO WATCH IT START GETTING REAL LOUD THAT ARE KIND OF GOT LOUD BEHIND THIS LOT TO LIKE EVEN LOVE TO WIN COMING UP A LOT OF RAIN IT PARTLY RIGHT AND WHEN I SAW THE OTHER >> NOW OFFICIALS WILL BE OUT TONIGHT CHECKING ON ANY DOWNED POWER LINES WHICH IS WHY THEY WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S SO DARK OUT TO BE WARY OF AREAS WHERE POWER LINES COULD HAVE FALLEN DOWN MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT WALKING AROUND THERE UNTIL THE AREA IS CLEARED SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD ALSO SAID EARLIER BECAUSE OF THESE POWER OUTAGES THE NON-EMERGENCY LINES ARE DOWN SO TO MAKE SURE NOT TO CALL 9-1-1 WITH ANY NON EMERGENT ISSUES

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Length: 2min 20sec (140 seconds)

Published: Wed May 08 2024