KETTERING — The National Weather Service says damage from Sunday’s severe weather was not caused by a tornado.
A storm survey was conducted through the early afternoon in the areas of Oakwood, Kettering and Beavercreek, according to NWS.
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Severe storms rolled through the Miami Valley late Sunday afternoon and caused damage across the area, including Kettering.
A tornado warning was issued just before 6 p.m. on Montgomery and Greene counties.
Seth Binau, Science Operations Officer with NWS in Wilmington, told News Center 7′s John Bedell that while the “overall environment” wasn’t susceptible for tornadoes, the warning was issued due to a “very strong rotational signal” that appeared on the radar.
“After looking at some of this damage, there’s not a whole lot of tornadic indications from what we’re seeing in the damage itself,” Binau said while out conducting the survey Monday.
Binau said the damage looked to be more like straight-line wind damage.
NWS’s survey concluded that maximum wind speeds ranged between 65 and 70 mph during Sunday’s storm.
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NWS looked into an area of damage approximately 4.5 miles wide in Oakwood, where damage was mainly to trees. The damage, described as “broad and sporadic,” centered on Forrer Boulevard.
In Kettering, Ketwood Apartments had several trees heavily damage. NWS concluded that the damage, like in Oakwood, was not tornadic in nature.
Additionally, NWS surveyed damage in southwestern Beavercreek. There, a “few trees had broken limbs, and a house had siding removed from the top of the home.”
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