The National Weather Service found two EF-1 tornadoes touched down Sunday morning in Floyd County, Indiana. The first was on the IU Southeast campus in New Albany. Below is the text the National Weather Service issued to discuss what they found there: 

NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED AN EF-1 TORNADO 
            TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE NATURAL SCIENCE AND 
            NURSING BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS OF INDIANA 
            UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST. THERE WAS ROOF AND 
            SIDING DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING AND TREES 
            BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND GRENADIER DRIVE, 
            FACING EAST, NORTH, AND NORTHWEST. POWER 
            POLES WERE SNAPPED ALONG HIGHWAY 111 (GRANT 
            LINE RD). APARTMENTS ALONG COUNTRYSIDE DRIVE 
            HAD SHINGLE, GUTTER AND DOWNSPOUT DAMAGE. 
            HOWEVER, ONE OF THE APARTMENTS HAD A LARGE 
            SECTION OF ITS ROOF TORN OFF WITH DEBRIS 
            BEING THROWN IN ALL DIRECTIONS. TWO PEOPLE 
            IN THE APARTMENT BUILDING WERE INJURED WITH 
            HEAD LACERATIONS. SHINGLES WERE THROWN 
            SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS. TREES WERE UPROOTED, 
            SNAPPED AND TWISTED ALONG COUNTRYSIDE DR AND 
            MELVYN DRIVE. TREES WERE FACING FROM THE 
            NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. 
            WIND SPEEDS IN THIS AREA WERE 100 MPH WITH A 
            WIDTH OF 125 YARDS. ONE HOUSE ON MELVYN 
            DRIVE HAD NO DAMAGE EXCEPT FOR A PIECE OF 
            GUTTER THAT WAS THROWN AS A MISSILE IN A 
            NORTHERLY DIRECTION THROUGH A WINDOW INTO 
            THEIR LIVING ROOM. ONE OUTBUILDING WAS 
            THROWN TO THE SOUTH, WHILE ANOTHER 
            OUTBUILDING WAS THROWN TO THE NORTH, THREE 
            HOUSES APART. POWERLINES WERE SNAPPED, AND 
            ONE LARGE PIECE OF ROOFING MATERIAL FROM THE 
            APARTMENT WAS IMPALED INTO THE GROUND. THERE 
            WAS NUMEROUS WOODEN AND METAL FENCE DAMAGE 
            BETWEEN MELVYN DR AND PRESWICK SQUARE. A 
            VERY BIG HEALTHY OAK TREE WAS UPROOTED AND 
            WAS FACING EAST NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. 
            WIND DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS EF1, 105 MILES 
            PER HOUR WITH A WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. 

There was a second EF-1 tornado in southern Floyd County, but that survey will be continued Monday to see if the tornado touched down again across the river in Jefferson county. So far NWS employees found evidence of wind up to 100 mph and a maximum width of 100 yards. They described quite a lot of damage around The Sporting Club at the Farm on Highway 111.

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The National Weather Service also went to the Shelbyville area where more damage was reported after these storms and found straight-line wind damage occurred there, not a tornado. We will update you Monday as we learn more from the National Weather Service. 

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