Saturday evening’s storms dropped several tornadoes in Southwest Ohio.
The National Weather Service confirms that an EF1 tornado struck three miles northwest of Eaton in Preble County at 8 p.m. Several homes on Surface Road had significant roof damage and one barn was destroyed by the estimated 100 MPH winds. Healthy trees were snapped and much damage to corn fields was observed. The tornado was about 250 yards wide and was on the ground for just under one mile.
A weak tornado touched down between New Lebanon and Dayton. The tornado first developed near Germantown Liberty Road, south of Forney Road and just west of Liberty. The tornado was about 150 yards wide and traveled north along Snyder Road for about three miles, to just north of U.S. 35.
Damage was seen at a business, a barn, and several doors of a storage facility. The EF0 tornado caused extensive tree damage along its path, including in a corn field and a few large trees uprooted or broken near the base. No injuries were reported from the storm.
The third tornado touched down near Hamilton-Middletown Road and State Route 73 about one mile west of Franklin just before 8:30 p.m. It traveled northeast and damaged a large metal building at an industrial facility near Water Source Drive. The EF0 tornado traveled for just under two miles and dissipated at Chestnut and Lake Avenue just west of Laura Farrell Elementary School but not before damaging a few homes in that neighborhood. Maximum winds are estimated at 80 MPH for the 100 yard-wide tornado.
No injuries were reported from the storms. The three confirmed tornadoes from Saturday night brings this years total to 28 in Ohio.
