No damage reported after confirmed tornado

No injuries or damage have been reported after a tornado touched down in Montgomery County, the National Weather Service confirmed Monday.

A spokesperson for the weather service said the agency is "waiting to hear back" from local authorities regarding any damage or injuries after a severe thunderstorm produced a tornado just before 9 p.m. Sunday.

If no damage is found, the agency will analyze radar information to reassess the severity of Sunday's storm, which moved along Interstate 74 and brought high winds and golf ball-sized hail to portions of Tippecanoe, Fountain, Montgomery and Clinton counties.

Montgomery County dispatchers said that no damage or injuries had been reported as of 9 a.m. Monday. Tippecanoe County Sheriff Barry Richard echoed their updates.

"We are really surprised," he said. "We're just lucky, I guess."

The National Weather Service first issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the area but upgraded it about five minutes later, said William "Smokey" Anderson, director of Tippecanoe Emergency Management Agency.

A tornado warning was issued shortly after 8 p.m. and was extended twice as the system moved east toward Crawfordsville at 35 mph.