National Weather Service confirms tornadoes touched down in Louisville, southern Indiana

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The National Weather Service confirmed tornadoes touched down in Louisville and southern Indiana Thursday afternoon.

"All we heard was just you know the wind and then the rain," Sandra Wright, who lives in west Louisville, said.

The Louisville tornado hit along Woodland Avenue between Catalpa Street and Cypress Street.

"The lights did go out for a little bit but they came back on," Wright said.

Wright spent part of her 4th of July holiday checking on her neighbors.

"I'm grateful. Nobody's getting you know, hasn't been reported yet. Nobody's getting hurt. That's a blessing," Wright said.

Preliminary assessments indicate the tornado was an EF-1 with winds of 95 miles per hour.

"Lot of lightning, lot of low wind blowing," Michael Anderson, who also lives near the tornado, said. "It's crazy. You know what happened here in Louisville. I mean, in the West End."

Snapped trees, downed powerlines, and scattered shingles, decorated the neighborhood.

The tornado hit the Parkland neighborhood along Woodland Avenue between Catalpa Street and Cypress Street.

South 28th Street and Olive Street seemed to take the brunt of the storm.

"We didn't realize it though. We did not realize that the wind was so strong. We didn't realize it until after the fact," Wright said.

No severe thunderstorm or tornado warning took place for the storm that produced the tornado.

"You never know what Mother Nature predicts for you," Anderson said.

Wright and Anderson are just thankful to see the church and several homes still standing.

"It could have been a lot worse," Wright said.

According to NWS, an EF-0 tornado with peak winds of 80 MPH touched down in Harrison County, Indiana. The one mile path started at IN-135 to the ESE ending north of Corydon.

Harrison County Emergency Management said most of the damage was to trees on roadways and on private property, but there were no injuries reported.

A home at the corner of Highway 135 and 335 seemed to have gotten the worst of the damage with a tree that toppled over onto the front of the house.

The damage stretches along the highways into the Crandall area. Some of the damage also impacted areas of Tee Road.

Officials said the tornado with winds around 80 MPH came through just after 1 p.m. Thursday and no one was hurt.

Just over 300 people were without power in the area but it was restored by Friday morning.

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