Did tornadoes touch down in Ohio? National Weather Service confirms 2 so far

Another round of severe weather Tuesday evening spawned tornadoes across Ohio.

So far, the National Weather Service has confirmed two as surveys continue today.

The NWS has survey crews looking for storm damage in Butler, Darke, Jefferson, Mercer, Paulding and Warren counties in Ohio, as well as Franklin County, Indiana, and Hancock County, West Virginia, according to the NWS offices in Wilmington and Pittsburgh.

Tornadoes confirmed in Franklin County, Indiana, as well as Mercer and Auglaize counties in Ohio

The NWS has confirmed an EF1 tornado in Franklin County, Indiana, in the area of Hickory Woods Campground near Brookville, according to the NWS Wilmington office.

Trees down, camper flipped: Hickory Woods Campground cleans up after an EF1 tornado

Damage surveys from that storm continue in other areas of Franklin County as well as Butler County, Ohio, which may change the final rating.

Likewise, preliminary findings show that damage in New Knoxville in Auglaize County is tornadic, according to the Wilmington office. The damage begins in Mercer County and extends into Auglaize.

Tornadoes possibly touched down in Warren and Butler counties

According to Fox19, tornadoes may have touched down in Warren and Butler counties in southwest Ohio, north of Cincinnati, as reported by the Enquirer.

Jim Lott, an NWS meteorologist, told Fox19 that radar detected rotation in Reily Township in Butler County, the Morrow area of Warren County.

Where is Paulding County, Ohio?

On X, formerly Twitter, the NWS Northern Indiana office, which also covers Northwest Ohio, said a tornado likely went through Paulding County. It is working with the Paulding County Emergency Management Agency to investigate where it began and ended, as the NWS had multiple reports of wall clouds and funnel clouds from Allen County, Indiana to Putnam County, Ohio.

Paulding County is on Ohio's border with Indiana, about 70 miles southwest of Toledo.

According to the Paulding County EMA, the possible tornado there damaged 13 properties -- nine homes, three barns and a commercial property, WANE TV-15 reports. The station reports that multiple people submitted photos and videos of what appears to be a funnel cloud.

Where is Jefferson County, Ohio?

On the other side of the state, the NWS office in Pittsburgh, which covers some of Eastern Ohio, reported on X that a radar-confirmed tornado was on the ground in Jefferson County near the village of Irondale, a mile or so west of the Ohio River.

Jefferson County is along the Ohio-West Virginia border, about 75 miles south of Youngstown and a few miles southeast of East Liverpool.

How are tornadoes confirmed?

After suspected tornadoes are spotted, crews from the National Weather Service survey possible tornado damage in person.

The pattern of damage, not how much damage was caused, determines whether it was a tornado, according to the weather service. For tornadoes, with their violently rotating columns of air, damage often has a chaotic appearance, with larger uprooted trees often crossing each other. Weather service surveyors often look at larger uproots of trees to get a true idea of where the wind was blowing from.

How are tornadoes rated?

The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

• EF0: Weak, with wind speeds of 65 to 85 mph

• EF1: Weak, 86 to 110 mph

• EF2: Strong, 111 to 135 mph

• EF3: Strong, 136 to 165 mph

• EF4: Violent, 166 to 200 mph

• EF5: Violent, greater than 200 mph

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