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Weather service confirms ‘weak’ EF-0 tornado in Brown County on Monday night

An EF-0 tornado was confirmed north of Mt. Orab in Brown County on Monday night, National Weather Service forecasters in Wilmington confirmed Tuesday.

The brief, weak tornado touched down on the west side of U.S. 68, also causing sporadic damage on the east side, near Donley Road where a large tree was snapped and left lying across Donley Road making it impassable, according to NWS investigators, who surveyed damage Tuesday with assistance from Brown County Emergency Management officials.

A nearby residence also had substantial tree and limb damage.

The tornado caused a grove of trees several hundred yards from the road to suffer more substantial tree damage with numerous trees either uprooted or snapped.

The tornado then continued northeast to Hillcrest Road, where another grove of trees on the west side of the road showed sporadic snapped and uprooted trees, and a residence on the east side of the road had minor roof damage, a blown-off chimney, and several uprooted and snapped trees.

The tornado then began lifting farther to the northeast in the vicinity of Crawford-Day Road, where several trees and large limbs were snapped.

The damage was consistent with wind speeds between 75 and 80 mph.

Tree damage demonstrated a cross-path component, particularly along the first mile of the path, weather service investigators said.

The damage had well-defined lateral bounds, which corroborated data from the NWS Doppler radar in Wilmington and the FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radar near Walton, Ky. There were no injuries.

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