Lightning Hits Warrick Co. Disptach Tower
By: Web Producer
Updated: July 31, 2012
The Warrick County Dispatch Center is down after its tower was struck by lightning.
No dispatch employees were hurt when the building was struck but it did damage some of the building's equipment and wiped out all radio communication.
As of 10 p.m. Tuesday night Warrick County Sheriff Brett Kruse tells Eyewitness News all 911 calls are being diverted to Vanderburgh County while the problem is fixed.
Kruse says although the radios and telephones are down the 911 service will not be interrupted.
The fire department was called to the dispatch center because the lightning strike left some of the equipment smoking, but the strike didn't cause a fire.
No dispatch employees were hurt when the building was struck but it did damage some of the building's equipment and wiped out all radio communication.
As of 10 p.m. Tuesday night Warrick County Sheriff Brett Kruse tells Eyewitness News all 911 calls are being diverted to Vanderburgh County while the problem is fixed.
Kruse says although the radios and telephones are down the 911 service will not be interrupted.
The fire department was called to the dispatch center because the lightning strike left some of the equipment smoking, but the strike didn't cause a fire.
