An EF1 tornado touched down near Pitsburg in Darke County. An EF1 tornado was also confirmed north of Springfield and an EF2 tornado was confirmed near Tipp City along I-75.
[3:05 PM] Wednesday's severe wx resulted in something that we just don't see every day: an official observation of a funnel cloud/tornado (tornado confirmed near Tipp City, OH) from a major airport. The sighting/ob even made it into our daily climate report for Dayton (KDAY). pic.twitter.com/KmVmpktOW7
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) June 9, 2022
Later in the day, an EF0 tornado was confirmed near Urbana in Champaign County.
An EF0 tornado has estimated three-second wind gusts of 65-85 mph, an EF1 tornado has three-second wind gusts of 86-110 mph and an EF2 tornado has three-second wind gusts of 111-135 mph, according to the NWS.
[11:50 AM] One of our survey teams has confirmed that damage near Tipp City was caused by an EF2 tornado. We have three other survey teams out throughout the area, inspecting damage from yesterday's storms. Please see our webpage for additional info: https://t.co/zM72VDg4Ao. pic.twitter.com/1exLsaKZFL
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) June 9, 2022
An EF0 tornado was also confirmed in Sardinia in Brown County.
NWS crews conducted multiple storm surveys in Miami, Clark, Champaign and Brown counties Thursday.
The surveys will took place near Lawrenceville in Clark County, north of Urbana in Champaign County, near West Milton and Tipp City in Miami County and near Sardinia in Brown County.
The NWS previously confirmed a tornado in Miami County near West Milton and Tipp City on Wednesday between 5:55 and 6:15 p.m.
Additional damage believed to be caused by tornadoes was also reported in Darke, Clark, Brown and Hocking counties, according to NWS.
The Springfield Country Club reported large trees were down with branches across the golf course following the storm. North of Springfield, residents on Mechanicsburg Road and Prosser Fields also reported damage.
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