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AREA HAS LITTLE THURSDAY MORNING IMPACT FROM STORMS

(Whitewater Valley)--The Whitewater Valley appears to have fared very well after a strong line of storms passed through the area late Wednesday night.  The websites of RP&L, AES, Whitewater Valley REMC, and Duke Energy Thursday morning showed less than a hundred outages for all four energy companies combined.  Other than the dry fords in Union County and a few side roads in Franklin County, there are no road closures due to either high water or downed trees.  There has also been no indication of any tornado touchdown despite several warnings that prompted sirens to be sounded across numerous Whitewater Valley counties.  The strongest wind gust reported at the Richmond Municipal Airport was 46 miles per hour at 9 o’clock Wednesday night.  Radar estimates indicate the area received between two and 2.5 inches of rain.