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Stephanie Wiechmann
Delaware County's own damage assessment team says 32 structures in Selma were impacted when the confirmed EF three tornado came through, including six fully destroyed and 13 with major damage. That doesn't include hail damage reports coming in separately from Selma and nearby Royerton. John Coutinho leads the Delaware County Emergency Management Agency. He says tornado sirens sounded at 7:23 p.m. on Thursday night, two minutes after the warning was issued.

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John Coutinho
National Weather Service listed the tornado time as 737, so that's 14 minutes notification, which is ideal because the ideal time for FEMA is 10 to 15 minutes. So we're at the higher end of that, which personally I'm very proud of that, that we were able to watch the system come in and early warn everybody in the area, which I think helped contribute to the, the obviously the absence of life loss.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
Despite activating sirens as early as possible, Coutinho warns the public to not rely on those sirens as your only way of knowing about a storm warning.

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John Coutinho
They do work, but they're just that they're outdoor warning sirens. And we got to remember that you can't rely on that in the middle of the night when it’s storming and thundering to hear sirens.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
Delaware County's EMA was able to both send resources to Selma and send extra help to Winchester. The Randolph County convoy included 40 ambulances and two requested busses from MITS to help with evacuations. In Muncie, Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR news.