By JASON MICHAEL WHITE
MARKLEVILLE — Strong winds blasted southeastern Madison County Sunday morning while tearing up trees and flipping over a trailer.
This was part of a severe system of storms that moved through Indiana. Damage reported in Madison County was light, while Henry County received a bulk of the damage with torn-up trees and power outages to nearly 3,000 customers north of New Castle.
Winds of up to 50 mph were reported in many central Indiana counties.
Rural Markleville resident Keith Roose, his wife and their daughter were getting ready for church when they heard what sounded like a roaring train pass by their home, on the 2900 block of County Road 950 South. It had been storming all morning, and Roose thought the roaring sounded like a tornado.
He told his family to gather in the hallway since they did not have a basement. But almost as soon as they moved into the hall, the noise stopped.
Later, Roose looked outside to see his landscape torn apart. A 40-foot-tall spruce tree was twisted down, a maple tree’s trunk had snapped in half like a toothpick and another tree looked almost as if it was uprooted, Roose said. Leaves and limbs were scattered across his yard.
Further inspection showed that the shingles were torn from his roof, his garage door was smashed in and a post on his porch was snapped off.
Similar damage had occurred to the home of a neighbor.
And south of his home, a trailer had tumbled over.
Power outages were reported in the area. Despite no lights, the United Methodist Church in Markleville had its regular service Sunday morning.
Local residents can expect a break from storms today and Tuesday. The forecast calls for clear skies with more storms possible on Wednesday, according to weather.com.
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