UPDATE @ 10:35 p.m. (March 2)
National Weather Service damage survey teams on Thursday determined that five tornadoes touched down in Ohio during the early morning hours of Wednesday.
The strongest storm was in Amelia in Clermont County, which saw an EF-1 tornado touch down at 3:38 a.m. with wind speeds up to 110 mph. It tracked 6.4 miles with a width of 150 yards, according to the NWS in Wilmington.
A second EF-1 twister touched down at 7:39 a.m. in New Market in Highland County. It had wind speeds up to 95 mph, tracked for 2.2 miles and had a maximum path width of 150 yards. A dairy farm had extensive damage to outbuildings and barns, with minor damage elsewhere along the path of the tornado.
The other three tornadoes were rated EF-0s in Anderson in suburban Cincinnati; Leesburg in Highland County; and Greenfield, which tracked from Highland into Ross County, the NWS reported.
The Leesburg tornado touched down at 2:34 a.m. with estimated wind speeds of 85 mph. It tracked for 7 miles with a maximum width of 250 yards. A few homes sustained minor damage and several barns and outbuildings were more significantly damaged. Trees were snapped along much of the tornado path.
The Greenfield twister touched down at 2:40 a.m. with winds estimated at 65 mph. It tracked for 4.6 miles and had a maximum width of 100 yards. This tornado caused predominantly minor tree damage.
The Anderson tornado touched down at 7:03 a.m. with winds estimated at 80 mph. It tracked for 1.04 miles and had a maximum width of 350 yards.
UPDATE @ 1:44 p.m. (March 1)
Two tornado touchdowns were just confirmed near Cincinnati by the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
A tornado touchdown was confirmed in Hamilton Co. in Anderson Twp., according to a site survey team.
A second team surveyed a damage site near Amelia, Ohio in Clermont County.
Both damage sites are confirmed to be caused by tornadic activity.
The path of damage in Anderson Twp. was measured at two-tenths of a mile long by 160 yards wide.
A final assessment and EF strength determination for both sites is expected later Wednesday.
FIRST REPORT
Tornadoes may be responsible after several homes were damaged in Highland County overnight.
Just before 3 a.m., the National Weather Service reported a radar confirmed tornado southeast of Leesburg.
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A home was destroyed and several others were damaged near Leesburg, according to our partners at 10TV and the National Weather Service.
A tornado is reported to have touched down in western Ross County overnight.
The same storm system is impacting the Miami Valley. The entire area is under a tornado watch until 7 a.m.
