Tornado outbreak in IN/OH

[newsperson999]

A large tornado outbreak is in progrss over IN and getting ready to hit Ohio...Several towns have damage and several buildings at a mall near INDIANAPOLIS have been destroyed by a large tornado. Any freepers in the area?

[InvisibleChurch]

here in fishers...apparently it was raining shingles just west of here, no surprise w/ so much construction in the area...had damaging winds to the south in mccordsville, east in fortville and north at deer creek, but none in my neighborhood (thank Jesus - and may he watch over the eastern/western parts of indiana/ohuo)

[mombonn]

My son is headed to PA from MI this afternoon, should be on the Ohio Turnpike. I'm too rattled to figure out whether or not totally fall apart. Can someone help?

[rintense]

Early Spring and Fall tend to breed the nastiest tornados in the midwest.

[curmudgeonII]

I understand a touchdown within a few hundred yards of where I live.

No reports of any deaths [yet]; TV says a kid or kids were injured in Morgan County [South of Indy]. Apparently some damage in Noblesville [Hamilton County] where my younger daughter teaches school. Reports of many interstates closed , due to downed power lines. national guard called out for some communities.

[lucyblue]

Prayers, indeed.

The good news, so far, is I have not heard of serious injuries.

Newspeople are saying they haven't seen this much damage in a long time. It's widespread and devastating. Roads closed everywhere.

[Mo1]

Hang in there mombonn, I'm sure your hear from your son soon

[Dog]

Here ...

[Dog]

Hang in there....

[kassie]

Thanks for the ping Dog.

[InvisibleChurch]

might check in at weather.com and enter 'toledo', then ohio...you can get a motion map...right off hand, it looks like he might encounter scattered thunder-boomers

will pray

[Dog]

Weather Channel just showed some of the damage.....WOW!!!!

[newsperson999]

Damage at circle center mall near downtown Indy

[Utah Girl]

Thanks for the ping, Dog. The Coopster also lives in the same area.

[Rockitz]

An apartment complex near 38th Street and Mitthoefer was hit...

Yeoww! Less than a couple miles from my boyhood home near Mount Comfort.

[mombonn]

Just talked to my daughter in PA, she heard from him about an hour ago. He was only in Ann Arbor then - in a storm.

She just tried calling him on his cell phone, no answer. He would just be approaching northern IN by my calculation.

Hope he's just in a bad cell, or has the phone turned off. It's time to leave work, it's going to be a long hour's drive home.

[newsperson999]

458 PM EDT FRI SEP 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... PUTNAM COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 458 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF KALIDA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... MILLER CITY WEST LEIPSIC LEIPSIC

[illstillbe]

Oh my gosh!

I just got in ~~~~ *prayers* ~~~

Miss Marple has good sense ... I am sure she is in her basement with Cassie the Designer Coon ... still, 'twill be good to hear from her ...

[michigander]

The Ohio Turnpike appears to be north of the heaviest weather. Don't fall apart.

[Dog]

Pray...

She had her granddaughter today..

[newsperson999]

5 buildings destroyed near Carson(?) mall near downtown Indy