Several Tornadoes Confirmed In Indiana

Saturday night storms spawned tornadoes across the Hoosier state.

A tornado damaged a church in Bentonville, Fayette County, Indiana late Saturday night. Photo by Branden Granger, Facebook.

(Beech Grove, Ind.)  --  The National Weather Service is confirming the touchdown of several tornadoes in Central Indiana over the weekend. 

An EF-1 tornado in Beech Grove was 200 yards wide with 100 mile-per-hour winds, causing structural damage to Alro Steel and Beech Grove High School on Saturday night. 

The NWS office in Indianapolis said other tornadoes touched down between Freedom and Spencer in Owen County, near Ellettsville in Monroe County, in east Marion County, eastern Greene County, and southern Rushville in Rush County. 

According to the weather service's Wilmington, Ohio office, there were confirmed tornadoes in Union and Fayette counties in Indiana. A church near Bentonville in Fayette County was destroyed by a twister.

No injuries have been reported, but thousands were without power Sunday.

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