NWS believes New Ross tornado was EF-1

NEW ROSS, Ind. (WISH) - The National Weather Service Office in Indianapolis confirms it was a tornado that hit near New Ross Tuesday morning.

• PHOTOS | View the damage from the air.

Meteorologists from that office are estimating winds between 100 and 110 mph destroyed a barn and damaged nearby homes near the Montgomery County town. While they did not investigate the scene, reports from storm spotters and pictures and video from local TV stations led them to preliminarily classify the tornado as an EF-1 on the Fujita scale.

The damage was mostly along County Road 500 South.

• CONTINUING COVERAGE | Residents begin cleaning up

No one was injured, despite the path of destruction. Trees were tossed and debris was scattered when the storm moved through around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday. Storm spotters captured video of the storm .

Another EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 95 mph touched down near the Franklin County town of Mt. Carmel and traveled more than a mile on the ground, damaging sheds and larger buildings on three farms.

24-Hour News 8 news partner the Batesville Herald-Tribune reports that several farms in the area were extensively damaged, and power lines were downed.

Investigations are still under way by emergency managers near Veedersburg, Terre Haute and Columbus.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.