


Severe storms tore through three Midwestern states on Thursday, producing a tornado in northwestern Ohio and damaging dozens of homes in eastern Indiana.
In Indiana, the towns of Winchester and Selma appeared to be the worst hit. Local officials said they believed a tornado had hit a trailer park in Winchester according to 13 WTHR, an NBC News affiliate, and a pastor said his church had been destroyed. Meteorologists said they were working to confirm that a tornado had touched down there.
“Radar data and reports from spotters and local officials are highly suggestive of a tornado,” Joseph Nield, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Indianapolis, said on Thursday.
A Weather Service team will travel to Winchester on Friday morning to assess the situation, he added.
Local media reports said three people had been killed by a tornado in Randolph County, Indiana, but a state police public information officer said they could not confirm any deaths.