Garry England shares these photos with us of the widespread damage at Michigan City's Washington Park Zoo in the wake of Wednesday's 106 m.p.h. thunderstorm gust. Wind velocity data off the National Weather Service's powerful Romeoville-based radar at the time signaled a strong rotary circulation near that area, and the National Weather Service is asking anyone with photos or video of a tornado or funnels to contact Warning Coordination Meteorologist Jim Allsopp: jim.allsopp@noaa.gov
--By Tom Skilling, WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist
