Damage extends west of Merrillville towards St. John and northeast of the town by Hobart, Doom said early Friday morning.
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Chicago Tribune

Multiple tornadoes rip through Illinois and Indiana: ‘It’s just, it’s just gone’

Weather officials planned to conduct storm surveys through the day Friday to gauge the extent of damage and strength of probable tornadoes, but the debris path through Merrillville indicates that a tornado likely swept through in and around the town, according to Kevin Doom, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Chicago.

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