March 15, 2019 at 5:05 a.m.
| Updated March 19, 2019 at 12:49 p.m.
Windy conditions were so harsh Thursday afternoon that bricks crowning a downtown Fulton building crashed to the sidewalk.
Firefighters partially blocked part of Nichols Street just north of West Fifth Street, and nearby sidewalks as well. A business occupant said no one was injured, and another said the crash "sounded just like a bowling ball."
The National Weather Service had a wind advisory out all day, predicting 25-35 mile per hour winds with 55 mph gusts.