(La Porte County, IN) - The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for La Porte County.

 

The warning issued before 11:15 a.m. was due to expire at 12 p.m.

 

A severe thunderstorm with the potential for a tornado was located near LaCrosse, according to the National Weather Service.

 

The storm was moving to the northeast at 25 miles per hour and was expected to pass over other communities like, Wanatah, Union Mills and Kingsford Heights.

 

Just prior to the tornado warning, farmer Matt Shafer of LaCrosse said the skies to the west were dark.

 

Over a half inch of rain has fallen in the city of La Porte today.  According to the water department, the rain started about 4 a.m. and by 11 a.m. nearly six tenths of an inch of rain had fallen.

 

A tornado watch is in effect until 3 p.m. 

 

Shafer said flooding was not an issue yet mostly due to a lack of frost allowing the ground to soak up some of the water.