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Storm slams Jamestown
Several homes sustained major damage when what might have been a tornado hit Jamestown about 10 p.m. Friday.
Despite extensive damage, there were no initial reports of injuries.
Electric lines throughout Jamestown were blown into streets and onto homes. Rescue crews were recalled to the Jamestown Fire Department station about 10:30 p.m. so utility companies could verify that electricity to the community had been cut off.
One firefighter radioed the Boone County Communication Center that “a lot of siding was wrapped around some trees” on the west side of Jamestown.
Electric lines and a tree covered an overturned propane tank near Darlington and Ash streets, according to radio broadcasts.
Advance and Lizton Fire Departments sent units to help Jamestown Fire assess damage and help with cleanup.
The storm was part of a severe weather system that rumbled over central Indiana. Power lines and trees were downed throughout the southern part of Boone County.
Zionsville Fire Department Straight-line winds were thought to have been the cause of extensive damage to a building in the 10000 block of DeAndrade Drive in Zionsville.
Boone REMC crews were sent to a section of Blubaugh Avenue in northern Boone County, where power lines were said to be tangled in trees.
Lebanon’s tornado sirens were triggered about mid-evening because of a tornado warning in Putnam County.
A unconfirmed funnel cloud was reported above the 600 block of West Washington Street in Lebanon as the squall line roared through.
The National Weather Service reported sightings of possible tornadoes or funnel clouds elsewhere in Indiana, but none were confirmed.
A tornado was reported by the public in northern Indiana’s rural Fulton County, but no damage was reported. Later, a funnel cloud was sighted in Vermillion County near Perrysville. Another funnel cloud was reported in Fountain County.
The weather service issued several tornado warnings during the evening based on radar-detected rotation in the storms.
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