The National Weather Service says a 98 mph wind gust was recorded at Fort Wayne International Airport, the strongest wind the airport has ever recorded.

This means children, seniors, and anyone with a heart or lung condition should avoid strenuous work or outside exercise.

One of the storms tore roofing and siding from four homes, threw sheet sheet metal, moved a storage shed 40 feet off its foundation, tore roofing from a fire station and caused minor damage to a school in Rush County.

The National Weather Service said police reported a tornado on the ground in Montgomery County at the intersection of Interstate 74 and State Route 25 north of Waynetown.

Three tornadoes, one of which toppled a church steeple at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury, hit parts of central and south-central Indiana on Saturday as a wave of severe thunderstorms swept across the state, the National Weather Service said.

The weather service said an EF-0 tornado with peak winds of 84 mph touched down briefly Wednesday night about three miles west of the Decatur County town of Millhousen.

Indiana utility companies are preparing for severe weather. A mix of heavy snow, sleet, freezing rain and high winds will move across the state Wednesday and Thursday.

State, county and local governments are preparing for the worst of a winter storm system as it moves through Indiana. The wide variety of weather conditions across the state complicates how governments respond.

All Marion County Public Health Department locations will be closed Thursday. Anyone who has a scheduled COVID-19 vaccine or testing appointment will be contacted to reschedule.

The Indiana Department of Health and many local health departments are making changes to their COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinics ahead of an approaching winter storm.