Storm systems that rushed across the south and midwest helped usher in a duo of weak tornadoes north of Dayton on Saturday, the National Weather Service reports.
A powerful cold front spawned both of those twisters in Miami County. They were EF-0, a rating indicating very low-power tornadoes. One touched down about 10:11 p.m. in Troy, where winds of between 65 and 80 miles per hour damaged rooftops and some trees.
“Areas near the Troy High School and then along and along and east of North Market Street saw the most concentrated and higher end structural damage to roofing material,” a bulletin by the NWS reads. “This includes the far eastern portions of the downtown area which saw several businesses lose all or portions of their roofs.”
Another touched down a few minutes later in the rural areas outside of a nearby town called Fletcher, snapping electrical lines and damaging trees. Winds there reached up to 70 miles per hour.
Neither tornado caused any deaths or injuries, though the system of storms that triggered them were responsible for a handful of tornadoes and 11 deaths across the south and midwest.
In May, a series of powerful tornadoes swept through the area around Dayton, killing one and injuring several others.
This article appears in Jan 8-21, 2020.
