TROY — The National Weather Service in Wilmington has confirmed an EF-1 Tornado hit Troy Saturday morning with estimated max winds of 90 miles per hour.
>>Photos: Storms roll through the Miami Valley
The estimated start time was about 10:45 a.m. and ended around 10:48 a.m., the National Weather Service said.
The tornado traveled about 1.8 miles in length and there were no injuries or fatalities.
The first noted damage occurred near the intersection of Cheshire Road and Dorset Road where several large tree limbs were downed, according to the National Weather Service.
Damage became a little more concentrated near the intersection of Armand Drive and McKaig Avenue with several large tree limbs and even a few trees downed. Tree damage was also noted in an apartment complex along Red Cedar Road.
The most heavily concentrated area of damage occurred near Drury Lane and Ridge Avenue where numerous large healthy trees were downed and one trunk snapped at its base and several other large branches were snapped not far off the ground, the National Weather Service said.
>>‘It was just scary,’ Miami Valley residents clean up from Saturday storms
The damage path became narrower near Terrace Place, Market Street and West Street where a bank sign was damaged and several more large trees and tree limbs were downed, according to NWS.
In the neighborhood south of West Street, a few more homes had minor roof damage with a fairly consistent area of tree damage observed as far southeast as Walker Street and Dakota Street.
Tree damage was also reported at many other locations in Miami County including other locations in Troy, the National Weather Service reports. The includes Stanfield Road, W. Ross Street and Dakota Street and rest of the damage is believed to have been caused by straight-line winds with speeds of 60 to 70 miles per hour.
0 of 29
©2022 Cox Media Group
