EF-0 tornado sweeps through Harrison County, Indiana

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The National Weather Service confirmed two separate tornadoes touched down in WAVE Country on Independence Day. One was an EF-1 tornado in Louisville’s Parkland neighborhood, the other an EF-0 in Harrison County, Indiana.

On Friday, residents in the area were in clean up mode after the storms rolled through. The tornado travelled on a path stretching for around a mile. Bringing winds estimated at 80 miles an hours. The storm topped trees onto driveways, a car and even a home.

One resident cleaning up on Friday was Leo Book, who’s lived in his home for over 30 years. He said this was the second worst storm in terms of damage he’s seen.

“I’ve seen them [trees] go back and forth a lot real bad, but these, some of these trees were going around and around,” Book said. “It’s the first time I had seen that.”

Some people in Harrison County were without power for about six to eight hours, according to the Harrison County Emergency Management. Now all power has been restored.

No injuries were reported from Thursday’s storms.

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