Severe weather rolled through parts of Ohio during the wee hours of Saturday morning, causing damage from what may be multiple tornadoes.
“Based on preliminary damage reports and radar data, it is believed that tornadoes were responsible for damage near Samantha in Highland County, Ohio and near South Salem in Ross County, Ohio,” NWS officials said in a written statement on their website.
Severe weather damage in Greenfield, Ohio (Photo by Ron Murphy)
Surveyors will take a look at the damage and determine whether any tornadoes touched down and exactly what strength any tornadoes that did form were.
Tornado Warnings were issued in Highland, Ross, Pickaway and Fairfield Counties between 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.
There were a couple of reports of “probable” tornado touchdowns. One of those was in northern Highland County near Samantha and Leesburg Ohio.
A second — radar confirmed touchdown — occurred in Ross County in and around South Salem.
There were also reports of damage to residential structures and numerous trees down along Stewart Street near Main Street in South Salem.
Further south, there were reports of some significant damage south of the Cincinnati area in Kenton County, Kentucky.
The good news for all of the Buckeye State is that with the front well to our east, we’ll continue to see clearing skies, more seasonable temperatures and virtually no chances of severe weather within the foreseeable future.
