BLOOMFIELD, Ind. -- The Tuesday night storms that damaged homes and cut power to thousands included at least one tornado, the National Weather Service said Wednesday.

In Greene County, southwest of Bloomington, a tornado cut a 4-mile path through Bloomfield, blowing the roofs off several houses and downing trees and power lines. More than 12 homes and buildings were damaged, and one home was destroyed, officials said.

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Herman L. Walters, 82, was watching television in the living room of his Bloomfield home, listening to hail pelt the windows, before two trees crashed into his house in less than five minutes.

"I said to myself, 'How long will the windows take that hail?' About that time, the (first) tree came over," Walters told 6News' Ben Morriston.

No injuries were reported in Bloomfield, but high water might have contributed to at least one death in Newton County, where divers found a vehicle under 56 feet of water in the quarry Wednesday. The car may have plunged into the icy water during the night east of Kentland in northwestern Indiana. Indiana Conservation officers said they believed at least one person was in the vehicle.

The weather service also was investigating storm damage in Putnam, Jackson and Decatur counties to see if any other tornadoes touched down.

In Putnam County, the roof of a Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department building was torn off and the station's tower was toppled. Bainbridge is about 35 miles west of downtown Indianapolis.

Significant damage also was done to barns and mobile homes in the Bainbridge area.

High winds also caused some damage in Decatur County. A trailer was blown off its foundation on the south side of the city. No one was home at the time.

"I feel lucky. I feel like I've been spared," said Herbert Sexton, who lives nearby. "For that 30 to 45 seconds ... I was doing some quick praying."

Trees and power lines were also downed across a large swath of Decatur County.

The storms, while strong, left Indiana relatively unscathed compared to the damage done Tuesday in several southern states, where storms killed dozens of people.

Wabash, Tippecanoe Rivers Spilling Over Banks

Flooding could cause even more damage as the weather service was warning Wednesday that the Wabash, Tippecanoe and other major rivers are spilling over their banks. High waters might have contributed to at least one death when a vehicle plunged into a water-filled quarry.

Rain up to 3 inches and melting snow were causing rivers to spill into some of the same low-lying areas hit hard last month.

Fountain County emergency management officials went door-to-door warning residents along the Wabash River that if the level continues to rise, they may have to evacuate. Officials in Carroll and White counties in northern Indiana also urged people along the Tippecanoe to voluntarily evacuate their homes.

The Wabash level near Lafayette in late afternoon was 22.07 feet, said John Kwiatkowski, weather service meteorologist.

The river swelled over its banks to just over 22 feet last month. Al Shipe, a hydrologist with the weather service, said it would likely crest between 24 and 25 feet. If the river gets 2 or 3 feet higher than it did in January, there could be significant flooding, he said, the worst between Lafayette and Terre Haute.

Kwiatkowski said smaller streams would go down, but those who live near larger rivers would see problems get worse. Portions of several state roads were closed in northwestern Indiana, and countless county roads were under water.

The weather service said the Wabash could reach its highest flood level since January 2005 when it crested at 25.03 feet and that major flooding was expected along the Tippecanoe River.

The Wabash in 2005 broke through levees in at least two places in a rural area south of Terre Haute. In Sullivan County, several residents were flown by helicopter out of their homes because of flood water.

Cresting on many of the rivers will occur over the weekend into next week, the weather service said.