Bloomington tornado damages airport, homes, bank

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — News 8 has found tornado damage in Bloomington on Thursday night at several homes, a bank and the county airport.

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Images from storm chasers in the area showed storm damage to the roofs on at least three homes on Fieldhouse Boulevard, located just west of the Monroe County Airport. The Monroe County Emergency Management said damage was reported to the fence at Monroe County Airport.

Photos from Storm Track 8 Meteorologist Drew Narsutis showed damage to the Fifth Third Bank at 3415 W Third St. in the Whitehall Plaza mall. That’s just west of the I-69 interchange for Third Street.

Narsutis also said power is out to a stretch of buildings and a few powerlines are down.

At 8:10 p.m. Thursday, PowerOutage.com reported more than 1,800 customers in Monroe County without power.

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis at 7:01 p.m. issued a warning for large and extremely dangerous tornado in Bloomington, noting Emergency Management had reported the tornado at the airport.

Sullivan County damage

The Sullivan County Emergency Management director, JB Pirtle, tells News 8 that his agency received report...