Tornado warning issued; no funnel clouds spotted near City

MICHIGAN CITY ? A tornado warning was in effect for much of Northwest Indiana, including Michigan City, for more than an hour Saturday evening.

According to Shawn Brown, spokesman for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the warning was in effect from 5 to 6:30 p.m. central time Saturday, but no funnel clouds were spotted in Michigan City.

?A funnel cloud was spotted near Portage, but nothing in Michigan City except for very strong wind gusts,? Brown said.

All warnings were canceled by 6:30 p.m., but strong thunderstorms still existed past that time in areas to the south and east of La Porte County. Brown said the strong winds were responsible for the destruction of a number of ?pop-up campers? and that numerous trees were down in La Porte County, especially toward New Carlisle.

According to NIPSCO?s public service website, the power utility company suffered ?significant outages? throughout their service area.

Between 5 and 7 p.m., 16 outages were reported in Michigan City, affecting approximately 337 customers.

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