LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Thousands of people have had their power restored after waking up to no power on Monday morning after a round of thunderstorms and at least one tornado passed through Kentuckiana.
At 6 a.m. on Monday, 20,000 customers were without power in Kentucky and Indiana. Now, that number is down to just a few hundred.
The National Weather Service (NWS) sent crews to assess storm damage in Dubois and Orange counties in southern Indiana on Monday. More surveys are expected for Tuesday. Officials said the last time Indiana's southern counties experienced a tornado in August was in 2002.
According to the NWS, preliminary survey results found an EF-1 tornado with wind speeds of 90 mph touched down in northern Dubois County, near the west side of Haysville, Indiana.
Several Indiana schools were on a two-hour delay or closed due to the severe weather overnight.
A tornado watch is was effect until 5 a.m. on Monday for the following Kentucky counties: Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer & and Trimble, and the following Indiana counties: Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Orange, Perry, Scott and Washington.
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