A Columbus Ohio tornado touchdown occurred over the weekend. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in Miami County Saturday.
According to ABC 6, the NWS said in a preliminary report that an EF1 tornado touched down southeast of Troy, Ohio, just before 11 a.m.
The tornado had winds at an estimated 90 miles per hour with a maximum path width of 200 yards.
Officials surveyed the county on Sunday and said a tornado traveled west of Troy and ended south southeast of the city.
According to KATU, a resident recovering from the aftermath stated she thought something hit my house. “You felt it just shake”, she said.
The resident, Aubry’s 84-year-old neighbor Ms. Joyce had a tree fall on top of a red truck in front of her home. Luckily there was no damage to the home or anyone inside.
Additionally stating the Columbus Ohio tornado left two people stuck inside the gas station building. But no reports indicated any injuries.
This was their second Tornado during the same week.
NBC 4 confirmed a line of gusty thunderstorms rolled through central and southeast Ohio Wednesday night. The winds gust hit 40 mph, and a dramatic lightning display described as strobe lights.
Clusters of severe storms that developed over north-central Ohio in the early evening triggered tornado warnings in eastern Crawford, Richland, Ashland and Holmes counties.
The National Weather Service in Cleveland confirmed that prior to 9 p.m. an EF1 tornado briefly touched down. It began near Wayne/Homes County line, with winds reaching 105 mph. The tornado flattened a barn and caused property damage along a 2.2-mile path south of Shreve that Wednesday.
They also stated, two factors likely accounted for the unusual preponderance of cloud-to-cloud strokes. The line was viewed southeast of Columbus looked into the back end. Also, the freezing level (32 degrees Fahrenheit) was measured by a weather balloon around 15,500 feet, meaning ice crystals needed for lightning were at a higher altitude in a tropical air mass.
