MADISON, Ind. — Communities in Jefferson County, Indiana are dealing with serious damage after a radar-confirmed tornado touched down in the area.
As severe weather traveled through the Tri-State, a possible tornado was reported near Madison, Ind. at around 2 p.m. Thursday.
Tyler Rhoades, a student at Hanover College just outside of Madison, shared a video that shows what appears to be a tornado crossing the Ohio River after passing over the school's campus.
Indiana State Police Sgt. Stephen Wheeles posted on social media Thursday afternoon that the reported tornado caused damage throughout all of Jefferson County.
"Multiple homes have been damaged," Wheeles said. "Trees and power lines are down and power out is across the area."
Duke Energy reported more than 2,000 outages just in the Hanover area, with more outages inside Madison.
Wheeles stated that "massive" hail accompanying the storm caused damage to multiple state police vehicles in both Jefferson and Switzerland counties.
That storm system traveled east, causing tornado warnings throughout Indiana and Northern Kentucky. Residents in Milton, Kentucky right across the river from Madison shared photos of damage in the area.
Officials in Milton said that apparent tornado crossed the Ohio River from Madison, hit Milton directly and then took a hard turn north and destroyed about four to five miles of land along KY36. WCPO crews found a camper flipped over in a field filled with debris from trees and nearby homes.
Jeramiah Huston rode out the storm in a similar camper along the highway.
"All of a sudden you looked outside the door and everything was green. I looked down the way and I just saw debris, and you hear the freight train. It's a distinctive sound. You'll never hear another one like it," Huston said.
"I watched the trees in the holler here blow down ... I just wondered if I was gonna end up down here in the highway or not," a nearby resident said.
Trimble County Emergency Management Director Andrew Stark said two people were injured along Highway 36 when the apparent tornado flipped their Jeep, but there have been no reported deaths from the storm.
"We weren't expecting this at all," Stark said.
The winds did knock out the county's primary transmission line knocking out power to the entire region.
Stark said as many as 100 homes along the river had suffered damage.
In nearby Vevay, Indiana, the storms destroyed a campground, with campers completely ripped apart. Multiple large trees blocked off the area near the Ohio River completely. The spot is where several Jefferson County residents leave their campers.
