(La Porte County, IN) - Emergency weather sirens were blaring in La Porte and Michigan City late this morning.

They were activated in response to reports of funnel clouds during a thunder storm in Michigan City near the High School and on Ohio St.

Bob Johnson, who lives near Michigan City High School, said he was out walking his dog about the time the funnel clouds were spotted about 11:30 a.m.

“It got real dark out.  It looked like nine o’clock at night.  I had to turn on every light in the house to kind of look around.  The wind was blowing pretty good.  My mom and dad live right by me and there were some big branches down in their yard,” he said.

Matt Kay, who works at Service 1 Marine near the Michigan state line, said the skies there looked about the same during the storm.

“The clouds right now are very broken but they’re still dark and swirling,” he said.

A severe thunderstorm warning for the area expired at noon.