NWS Will Investigate Whether Tornado Struck Boone Co.

By Mike Perleberg Storm damage done to a home in Burlington on March 1, 2017. Photo submitted. (Ohio County, Ind.) - Crews with the National Weather Service will be out surveying local storm damage Thursday. Those meteorologists are trying to determine if it was a tornado or straight line winds that were responsible for extensive damage in Boone County Wednesday morning. That’s where the side was ripped of the bedroom side of a home in Burlington as a boy was sleeping inside. That child was not injured and there weren’t any other injury reports from yesterday’s storms. The teams may also look at damage done to homes, barns and other property in Ohio and Switzerland counties on Wednesday morning. “Additional survey locations are likely, and will be determined by tomorrow morning as storm reports and radar data are further investigated,” the weather service said. Surveyors have already confirmed EF1 and EF0 tornadoes in Amelia, Ohio and Anderson Township, Ohio, respectively. Straight line winds were cited as the cause of property damage in Alexandria, Kentucky. Tornadoes are also believed to have touched down in Highland and Ross counties in Ohio. Wednesday’s storms also brought intense downpours. An astonishing 24-hour rainfall of 4.1 inches was recorded yesterday in Dillsboro, according to the weather service. Most other areas got between 1 and 3 inches. Southeastern Indiana REMC crews are still working to restore electricity to all the homes and businesses impacted by the severe weather. This morning, there are 350 outages throughout REMC’s service area, with about half of those concentrated in Switzerland County. Another 2,200 customers of Duke Energy in Boone County are still without power. You can see storm damage and hail photos from Eagle Country 99.3 listeners here. We welcome you to send us your own photos by posting them on our Facebook page, tweeting @eagle993, or email to news -at- eaglecountryonline.com.