(Cleveland) – A late afternoon thunderstorm hit the city of Cleveland and some areas just west of the city Tuesday afternoon. The first report received by officials was that a barn had the roof ripped off around 4:45 PM.
White County Public Safety Director David Murphy said, it was believed to be a micro burst that did the damage.
The system moved on into downtown Cleveland and Cleveland Fire Chief Ricky Pruitt said it pounded the downtown area for about 45 minutes. “As the storm came through we had extremely heavy rain, thunder and lightening and small hail. It was contained to the Cleveland area,” said Pruitt.
According to Pruitt there were a few trees blown down, a part of the roof of a home on Hood Street was blown off, one of the decorative light poles at the historic courthouse was blown down and at least one home was struck by lightening.
Pruitt said there were no injuries reported.
As the storm was dropping heavy rain on the downtown area, the driver of a pickup truck reportedly hit the gas instead of the brake in the parking lot of Chick-fil-A and the vehicle ended up striking a vehicle, a flag pole and coming to rest against the side of the building, No injuries were reported.
