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# Tornado watch, T-storm warnings Friday night in Bloomington, Monroe County
- URL: https://bsquarebulletin.com/tornado-watch-t-storm-warnings-friday-night-in-bloomington-monroe-county/
- Published: 2025-05-16T23:20:19.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-17T00:54:47.000Z
- Author: Dave Askins
- Tags: Situation Desk

Just before 6 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for Monroe County and several other counties in the path of a severe weather system approaching from the west. 

NWS [radar](https://radar.weather.gov/?settings=v1%5FeyJhZ2VuZGEiOnsiaWQiOiJsb2NhbCIsImNlbnRlciI6Wy04NS43ODksMzkuMzY4XSwibG9jYXRpb24iOm51bGwsInpvb20iOjksImZpbHRlciI6IldTUi04OEQiLCJsYXllciI6InNyX2JyZWYiLCJzdGF0aW9uIjoiS0lORCJ9LCJhbmltYXRpbmciOmZhbHNlLCJiYXNlIjoic3RhbmRhcmQiLCJhcnRjYyI6ZmFsc2UsImNvdW50eSI6ZmFsc2UsImN3YSI6ZmFsc2UsInJmYyI6ZmFsc2UsInN0YXRlIjpmYWxzZSwibWVudSI6dHJ1ZSwic2hvcnRGdXNlZE9ubHkiOnRydWUsIm9wYWNpdHkiOnsiYWxlcnRzIjowLjgsImxvY2FsIjowLjYsImxvY2FsU3RhdGlvbnMiOjAuOCwibmF0aW9uYWwiOjAuNn19) confirmed the system approaching, and [scanner traffic](https://openmhz.com/system/bmgsafet) around 7:10 p.m. indicated wires down and other damage to buildings at locations in Greene County. 

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**8:54 p.m.** The final update has now been filed for this item.

**8:45 p.m.** Reports of houses leveled in Brown County.

**8:43 p.m.** Direction given for use of drone to assess damage. 

**8:39 p.m.** Reports of injuries at state park, presumably McCormick Creek State Park. 

**8:33 p.m.** Owen County is now getting tornado warning for this next round. 

**8:27 p.m.** Radar shows a fresh round of storms headed it. Looks like they'll pass north of Bloomington, but give Ellettsville and Spencer a glancing blow.

**8:26 p.m.** Duke Energy [outage map](https://outagemaps.duke-energy.com/#/current-outages/in) shows about 1,500 customers in the south part of Bloomington without power. 

**8:22 p.m.** Lots of automobile traffic headed north on Walnut Street Pike. Question about whether they will be able to get through.

**8:19 p.m.** Sounds like IUPD units have been directed to S. Rogers Street.

**8:12 p.m.** Residents at the "old Ranchero Motel" are all accounted for. 

**8:12 p.m.** IUPD reports units available for service: "Where do you want them?"

**8:08 p.m.** Path blocked due to trees for fire engine heading to Clear Creek post office.

**8:07 p.m.** At Victor Pike & That Road there's a tree down with power lines. 

**8:06 p.m.** Scanner traffic indicates a lot of activity assessing damage, checking door-to-door to see if people are OK. Managing vehicle traffic because of lots of trees down. 

**7:59 p.m.** "Looks like the worst of the storm has passed." NWS radar confirms that's probably right at least for the next little while. 

**7:56 p.m.** Reports of a building flattened. No word on possibility of occupants.

**7:53 p.m.** Scanner traffic indicates the path of a tornado tore a swath across south of Bloomington in vicinity of That Road. 

**7:52 p.m**. Video shot by David Martin, taken from [5776 W. Monarch](https://maps.app.goo.gl/1jLwSh7JeYoSLQd66) in Bloomington

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**7:48 p.m.** Tornado warning now issued for east central Monroe County through 8:15 p.m. 

**7:43 p.m.** Sun is out in downtown Bloomington.

**7:37 p.m.** Tornado warnings issued for Brown County and Bartholomew County. 

**7:36 p.m.** Possible citizen report of tornados near Kroger South and Kirkwood & Adams (?)

**7:43 p.m.** Heavy rain pelting downtown Bloomington. Lights flickering, but power is still on.

**7:33 p.m.** Rotation reported starting near trailer park off Gordon Pike. 

**7:31 p.m.** Report of second tornado touched down on Leonard Springs Road west of Bloomington. 

**7:30 p.m.** Sirens continuing in downtown Bloomington.

**7:29 p.m.** Scanner traffic reports ***tornado on the ground*** southwest of Monroe County airport, headed towards Bloomington. 

**7:26 p.m.** Report that audience at Buskirk-Chumley Cosmic Songwriter Festival has been sent to basement.

**7:24 p.m.** Tornado warning issued again for southern Monroe County until 7:45 p.m. 

**7:18 p.m.**  Tornado warning issued for Monroe County. Scanner traffic indicates a report of people trapped in a house that was struck by tornado. Location is Worthington. Sirens heard in downtown Bloomington. 

**7:15 p.m.** Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Monroe County with ***baseball sized hail.***