No Tornadoes in NW Indiana: NWS

The National Weather Service says there were no tornadoes in the Michigan City and LaPorte areas Wednesday night. The area saw extensive damage, but meteorologists on the ground say it was all caused by straight-line thunderstorm winds of 80 to 100 miles an hour. Damage to the electric system was go heavy that as of last evening, 72-hundred customers still had no power.