(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 18, 2009.)
WORTHINGTON, Ind. — A thunderstorm moving across southern Indiana blew 12 empty railroad cars off the tracks.
The cars were knocked over Thursday morning from the Indiana Southern Rail Road Co. line along Indiana 67 near the Greene County town of Worthington, about 25 miles west of Bloomington.
Railroad assistant general manager Chris Burgess says the cars were stationary when they were hit by strong winds.
A tornado siren was activated in Worthington but no tornadoes or injuries have been reported.
The National Weather Service reported wind gusts of 50 mph at Terre Haute and received numerous reports of downed trees and scattered road flooding in southwestern Indiana.