(Winchester, IN)--The initial report from Thursday night’s tornado in Winchester was that three people had been killed.  But, in a press conference held early Friday morning, the state police walked that back.  "There's been a lot of information about fatalities, and, as of right now, we're not aware of them.  We're not aware of fatalities," said Doug Carter with ISP.  But, 38 people have reported injuries.  12 of those people were transported to Reid Health in Richmond and other surrounding hospitals.  Officials are conducting a more extensive search Friday morning. As of 3:30 Friday morning, no one was reported missing.  While lots of first responders, power companies, and contractors from areas surrounding Winchester are either there already or are headed there Friday morning, law enforcement has a specific message for others who want to come to Winchester to either help or just sightsee.  That message, from Doug Carter with the state police, is a specific request to stay out of the area:  "Please do not self-deploy to the county or to the city.  Please do not."  Winchester Friday morning was under a local travel warning, which only allows emergency personnel to travel on area roadways.  Both State Route 32 and U.S. 27 are closed through the city.  More than 4700 households in Winchester and Randolph County remained without power Friday morning after Thursday night’s tornado.   State police officials said that temporary shelters have been established at Winchester Community High School and Willard Elementary.  Family reunification was also occurring at the high school overnight.  Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb will be in Winchester Friday and is expected to meet with some of the people affected and to survey the damage.  The Darke County Sheriff’s Department has issued a statement about how storms affected that area.  A tornado was reported to be on the ground at 8 p.m. Thursday in the area of State Route 571 just east of Union City.  Shortly after, dispatchers began receiving calls of structural damage to homes and trailers.  There were also reports of injuries and entrapment.  At least two people went to Wayne Healthcare with non-life-threatening injuries.  As of early Friday morning, no fatalities had been reported in Darke County.

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