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Storm damage Aug. 3, 2011

August 4, 2011
T-G Photos by David Melson
A severe thunderstorm left a trail of damage across northern Shelbyville late Wednesday night, Aug. 3, 2011.
  • Tyler Bowen, an employee of Olympus Athletic Club, looks over the portion of the building damaged during Wednesday's storm. His car, which narrowly escaped damage, is behind him.
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  • Morgan Tibbs sweeps water from the floor of Olympus Athletic Club.
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  • A sign was blown over at the Chally Wally convenience store on North Main Street.
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  • Shopping carts blown a far distance from the Goodwill Superstore line a sidewalk on Lane Parkway.
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  • A portion of the roof was blown from a Shelbyville Lumber Company warehouse on North Main Street,
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  • A small building behind Northside Professional Center used to store medical waste from kidney dialysis was blown from its foundation and into nearby trees. A biohazard inspection team was on site within hours.
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  • Workers at Northside Professional Center make photos and videos of uprooted trees behind the North Main Street building.
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  • A large tree fell through a fence at the H.V. Griffin Park tennis courts. The utility pole near the overturned bench was leaning as well.
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  • No play today as a tree fell across playground equipment at a Glenoaks Road day care facility.
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  • This stop sign at Edmond Road and Rolling Road was blown nearly to the ground, unlike its nearby counterpart.
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  • "Never in my 87 years have I seen lightning like that. It was constant," Calvin Bledsoe of Edmond Road said of Thursday's storm. He's looking at a plastic piece of his chimney which blew into his side yard.
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  • Debris in the pool and an overturned umbrella were left behind after Wednesday's night storm blew through a Green Lane apartment complex.
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  • Bill Cartwright cleans debris from his North Main Street yard. "It was just a hard wind blowing. I about half believe there was a little tornado coming through," Cartwright said.
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  • Fallen trees cover the yard of a Wood Street residence.
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  • A Shelbyville city street crew removes a tree from Collier Avenue.
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