EDINBURGH, Ind. -- Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds pummeled several Indiana communities late Tuesday, including the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh, about 25 miles south of Indianapolis.

Approximately 40 buildings at the sprawling complex, including the post chapel, were damaged, Lt. Col. Deedra Thombleson said.

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A trailer was picked up by the storm and landed on the roof of a public works building, she said. The National Weather Service surveyed the damage Wednesday and determined that an EF-2 intensity tornado struck. EF-2 tornadoes can have winds of up to 135 mph.

Two soldiers were hurt as they were driving back to the base to seek shelter when their car struck a gate. One of the soldiers was taken to a hospital and the other returned to the base, she said.

More than 2,000 troops are at the camp, including a Marine unit training for deployment to Iraq and the tornado skipped over buildings where the troops were sleeping, Guard Capt. Greg Lundeberg said.

Some soldiers watched the storm move in and then took cover.

"It was kind of in the middle of the street -- looked like it was about a half-mile away," said 1st Lt. Anthony Buchanan.

Officials said damage to the facility will likely run in the millions of dollars, but training continues as planned.

In Edinburgh, more than 40 homes and businesses were damaged. Several cars were hit by falling trees.

One person was injured and a car was damaged at a Shell gas station near exit 80 off Interstate 65 when a set of gas pumps was pulled out of the ground by strong winds. Numerous people took shelter from the storm at the Shell station.

"One of the workers here at the store came in and said, 'It's coming,'" said Joni Dietz, who rode out the storm in the gas station. "We all kind of put our heads down. We could hear the rumble."

Thirty-four buildings in Shelby County were damaged, with four of them deemed structurally unsound. Twenty-five of the damaged buildings are in Middletown.

Daniel Danner's had lived in his home for 36 years. He and his wife, Rhonda, hunkered down in the bathtub during the tornado.

Waldron resident Tony Derby said his girlfriend was just about to leave for work late Tuesday when they rushed into his basement with her child to escape the storm.

"It started like a normal storm and then the wind picked up, the skies blackened and I kind of stuck my head out and I heard a big roar back behind the hill behind my house," he said.

When they emerged, he found that a tree limb had gone through his roof and into his kitchen, his front porch was heavily damaged and that a fallen tree had crushed his Ford Explorer.

Other Tornadoes Reported Earlier Tuesday

Storm spotters near St. Paul, in Decatur County, reported a tornado that touched the ground several times between Waldron and St. Paul after 9 p.m. Police in Decatur County reported downed trees and power lines, but no injuries.

A 6News viewer sent in a dramatic video of that storm from along Interstate 74.

Another possible tornado was reported in far northeastern Brown County, near Peoga. Law enforcement officers reported damage with that storm. A storm spotter reported a tornado on the ground in Princes Lakes, in far southern Johnson County at about 9:30 p.m.

Several rounds of thunderstorms swept through Indiana earlier in the day Tuesday as a vigorous storm system bore down on the state, packing strong winds and at least two tornadoes.

Numerous severe thunderstorm warnings were issued in the region as a fast-moving line of storms pummeled portions of south-central Indiana early Tuesday afternoon.

A weak tornado briefly touched down a few miles south of Waverly, in Morgan County, ripping apart trees and bending power poles near Indiana 37 and Big Bend Road. The National Weather Service rated that tornado an EF-0 on the intensity scale, with winds of 85 mph.

"I was in the house taking a shower," said Debbie Stringer. "In about five seconds, it was over with. It just blew in with big loud thumps and the lights went out."

Indiana Business College in Columbus was damaged when an air conditioning unit was blown off, leaving a hole in the roof as the storm moved through. About 45 students and employees were inside at the time.

"My big thing was I had to get my students safe," said Anita Miller of Indiana Business College. "Afterwards, I thought … what happened?"

A storm spotter reported downed power lines and roofs off some buildings on Rocky Ford Road, north of Columbus.

A tornado also touched down before noon northeast of Bedford, in Lawrence County. Damage to houses and trees was reported on Bartlettsville Road and Todd Lane, along with Mount Pleasant Road and Wallner Quarry Road. Information about the intensity of that storm was not immediately available.

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