Power Outage in Tell City, IN

Scattered tree and power line damage was observed in Tell City as well as across the rest of Perry County. Some of the trees fell on cars and buildings, causing additional damage.

County dispatch reported trees, power lines, and a power pole down across the county.

Large tree limbs and trees were brought down from the ice. This caused power outages throughout the county.

The tornado touched down on Main Street in Tell City, midway between Steuben and Winkeireid Streets, doing minor damage to one roof and bending an amateur radio antenna tower. Moving east-northeast, the tornado damaged roofs and snapped several large tree limbs, as well as toppling a large but rotting tree that crushed the roof of a garage. A small shed was lofted out of its yard and became entangled in utility lines 30 yards to the northeast. As it crossed Winkeireid Street between 10th and 11th Streets, it buckled in a large overhead door and caused minor damage to the roof of the Indiana Southern Power building. Continuing to the northeast, a large metal carport was lifted and blown 50 feet north into neighboring trees, and more tree limbs were snapped, while a vinyl fence was blown northwest, as was a large trampoline and a patio umbrella, which was entangled in utility lines northwest of its origin.||The tornado continued to cause tree damage as it moved east of 14th street into a more rural area. On Brushy Fork Rd, the tornado snapped the trunks of three large trees, then continued northeast into a wooded area. The last evidence of the tornado was at the north end of Quaker Rd, where small branches were broken.

Four to 6 inches of snow accumulated across Perry County. 5 inches was reported in Tell City and dispatch indicated that several trees and power lines were down due to the heavy wet snow.

Perry County officials reported multiple trees down and power outages across the county.

Local law enforcement reported a roof blown off a building and onto an adjacent road. Several power outages occurred countywide.

Local TV meteorologists relayed a report that trees were blown down on Boyd Rd. of of New IN-237. A truck was also flipped over and power lines downed.

Trees and power lines were blown down across the city.

Trees and power lines were downed. Gas lines were ruptured.

Trees and power lines were downed in Oriole. In Anderson Township, a tree was downed over a roadway, and power lines were downed.

Unspecified structural damage was reported, along with downed trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm winds caused extensive roof damage to two multi story warehouses. Flying debris caused additional damage to nearby buildings. Trees were blown on to homes and other buildings. Numerous trees were downed in the city. About 800 city residents were without power for up to four hours.

Numerous large tree limbs were downed. Some were blown on to power lines, however no power outages were reported.