National Weather Service confirms tornado in Tristate area during Friday storms
A tornado touched down during storms that rolled through Southeast Indiana and Southwest Ohio Friday, May 16.
According to the National Weather Service, the EF1 tornado touched down in Ripley and Dearborn counties near Penntown and Sunman from 8:02 to 8:10 p.m.
The path of the tornado was 6.1 miles long and 250 yards wide with estimated peak winds at 90 mph, the weather service confirmed.
Some residents may have experienced minor home or building damage, in addition to numerous trees down because of the tornado.
As of May 19, this is the first confirmed tornado that occurred in the Greater Cincinnati Area from Friday night's storms.
Enquirer media partner Fox 19 provided this report.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: EF1 tornado confirmed in Tristate during Friday storms, NWS says
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