The early Sunday morning storms that rolled through the WAMW listening area saw between 2 and 3 inches of rain fall throughout the area and left downed trees and power lines in its wake.
Area police departments received numerous calls reporting power outages. WAMW’s transmitter between Washington and Wheatland was without power early Sunday forcing Dave Crooks top go on Facebook-live to keep the area up to date on the storm coverage. Around 4:20 a.m. Sunday morning, State Road 57 was shut down at the White River bridge due to power lines down across both lanes of traffic. In Washington, a tree fell on a car on West Flora Street and another tree was reported in a power line and on fire behind the National Guard Armory. Also, early Sunday morning, two motorcycles were reported in a ditch near the I-69 overpass on U.S. 50 after being caught in the down pour and sliding into the ditch. No injuries were reported.
