Indiana
Indiana County family loses barn due to Sunday’s round of severe weather
The storms that moved through the Pittsburgh region on Sunday afternoon pushed in fast and furiously. A lot of damage was seen around the region, including downed trees and power lines, but nothing speaks to the ferocity of the winds like the devastation of a barn in Burrell Township near Blairsville.
It likely took the Barron family weeks to build this barn in the late 1870s, but within minutes on Sunday afternoon, the fourth and fifth generations of this clan watched as it was ripped apart by high winds.
Daniel Barron, who was inside the barn when the storm hit, says he barely escaped with his life.
“The wind just started picking up and I decided to jump on my quad and make a run for the house,” said Daniel. “It was about 10 seconds after that, I looked back and there was about a 20×20 wall up in the air, just pure wood from the barn.”
Some of that flying debris nicked Daniel in the head. He made it back to their farmhouse where he and the rest of the Barron family, his father Kris, mother Karla, and sister Rachel, were all taking cover.
While family says no one officially saw a funnel cloud form and touch down, they all witnessed debris from the barn swirling in mid-air.
“I am shaken up and just devastated, you know, a lot of damage,” Daniel said.
The Barron family is now working to clean up the mess and debris, but they say they have a long road ahead.
Every family member KDKA-TV spoke with on Sunday said, however, that they are grateful that nobody was severely injured when this barn came down.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The IHSAA baseball state tournament has reached the semi-state round, with the games taking place on Saturday.
Here are the matchups in the semi-state round in each class:
Class 4A
North (Griffith, at Gary Steel Yard)
Game 1 (10:30 a.m. CT): Zionsville vs. Lake Central
Game 2 (12:30 p.m. CT): No. 7 Penn vs. Fort Wayne Snider
The winners will play at 7 p.m. CT. Lake Central is the last team of the group to win the state title, doing so in 2024.
South (Castle; at Braun Stadium, University of Evansville)
Game 1 (10 a.m. CT): No. 3 Evansville North vs. No. 1 Center Grove
Game 2 (1 p.m. CT): No. 10 Bloomington South vs. North Central
The winners will play at 7 p.m. CT. Evansville North made it to state last season, losing to Valparaiso. Center Grove made it to state in 2023, losing to Penn.
Class 3A
North (LaPorte, at Schreiber Field)
Game 1 (10:30 a.m. CT): NorthWood vs. Norwell
Game 2 (12:30 p.m. CT): No. 1 Andrean vs. No. 5 DeKalb
The winners will play at 7 p.m. CT. Andrean won the 3A state title last season, and has won nine state championships.
South (Jasper, at Ruxer Field)
Game 1 (11 a.m. ET): Providence vs. No. 2 Guerin Catholic
Game 2 (2 p.m. ET): No. 4 Gibson Southern vs. No. 8 Cathedral
The winners will play at 8 p.m. ET. Providence is the last team of the group to make the state championship, winning the 2A state title in 2024.
Class 2A
North (Oak Hill)
Game 1 (11 a.m. ET): Lafayette Central Catholic vs. Bluffton
Game 2 (2 p.m. ET): No. 2 Eastbrook vs. Lakeland
The winners will play at 8 p.m. ET. Lafayette Central Catholic made the 1A state championship in 2024, losing to Barr-Reeve.
South (Lawrence Central)
Game 1 (11 a.m. ET): No. 9 University vs. No. 1 Evansville Mater Dei
Game 2 (2 p.m. ET): Heritage Christian vs. Sullivan
The winners will play at 8 p.m. Evansville Mater Dei made it to state last year, losing to Boone Grove.
Class 1A
North (Lafayette Jefferson, at Loeb Stadium)
Game 1 (11 a.m. ET): Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian vs. North Miami
Game 2 (2 p.m. ET): No. 10 Rossville vs. No. 1 Kouts
The winners will play at 7:30 p.m. ET. Kouts made it to state last year, losing to Lutheran.
South (Mitchell)
Game 1 (11 a.m. ET): Hauser vs. North Daviess
Game 2 (1 p.m. ET): Greenwood Christian vs. No. 4 Northeast Dubois
The winners will play at 7 p.m. ET. Hauser is the last team of the group to make it to state, back in 2005, when it lost to Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian.
INDIANA (WANE) — Thousands of customers for multiple power companies in northeast Indiana are without power as a result of severe storms.
As several counties experienced tornado watches and warnings, severe storms rampaging through communities also knocked out power. As of 11:30 Thursday night, approximately 7,000 customers have reported outages across three different power companies.
According to the Indiana Michigan Power outage map, over 2,000 households are without power in Allen and Grant Counties.
On Duke Energy’s outage map, nearly 2,000 people do not have power in Huntington County, and over 24,000 people do not have power in the entire state of Indiana.
Northeast REMC’s outage map shows that over 3,000 people do not have power in its entire service area.
It’s unclear when these power companies will restore power to customers.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Strong to severe storms tonight will be followed by 2 days of really nice weather.
THURSDAY EVENING/NIGHT:
A line of strong to severe storms will move across Central Indiana sometime between 10 PM and 2 AM. The main severe threat looks to be damaging wind gusts (much like the last few days) but we’ll continue to monitor for a quick spin-up and a little hail. Heavy rain may lead to some areas of flooding once again. Temperatures by sunrise Friday in the wake of the rain should be mainly in the 60s.
FRIDAY:
A very nice summer day is on tap with highs in upper 70s to lower 80s, much lower humidity levels, and lots of sunshine. Outdoor and evening activities look good to go!
FRIDAY NIGHT:
Clear, quiet, and comfortable conditions are on track. Look for lows mainly in the lower 60s.
SATURDAY:
Partly cloudy and warm. Afternoon highs will climb back into the mid 80s. Lows in the mid 60s are likely Saturday night.
SUNDAY:
Partly to mostly cloudy. Scattered showers & storms are likely with a passing cold front but severe weather appears unlikely. Much cooler highs mainly in the 70s.
NEXT WEEK:
Cooler than average conditions are likely for at least for the first half of the week. Highs in the mid to upper 70s remain on track for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Low will be in the 50s for a change. Dry weather should hold for Monday but a small rain chance returns Tuesday. More scattered rain & storms may develop by Wednesday afternoon & evening with a stronger storm system moving through the region.
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