Brandon Peloquin, with NWS said it appears that the path of the tornado started on East Jackson Road, went northeast on Selma Road and ended around Fletcher Chapel Road.
“February is one of those months in the Ohio Valley where anything and everything can happen,” he said. “This particular tornado, we’re estimating winds at the maximum strength of the tornado to be between 80-85 mph.”
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Peloquin said the tornado was only on the ground for maybe two minutes at most, but it still caused its far share of damage.
Dianna Baumgardner lives on East Jackson Road and said there was damage to both her property and her mother-in-law’s, who lives just a couple houses up from her.
Several evergreen trees were uprooted at her mother-in-law’s house. They covered the property and part of one tree actually fell on top of the home. Her front porch was hardly accessible due to all of the debris.
“A little bit of damage — a lot of mess to clean up. But thankfully nobody got hurt,” Baumgardner said.
Baumgardner said pieces of her greenhouse started flying through the air at her house. She said she barely had time to turn on her TV to watch the weather.
“It came through so quick… No changes in the temperatures in the weather. Nothing like that,” she said. “It was gone just as fast as it got there and calm as calm can be right after.”
Several houses on Craig Road also sustained a lot of damage. One house on the road had several roof shingles missing and a mangled trampoline in the front yard.
RECORD BREAKING RAIN: How much did your community get this week?
While the eastern side of the county dealt with harsh winds, some roads on the west side were still covered with water from heavy rain on Thursday.
A portion of Saint Paris Pike was closed to traffic on Friday morning due to high water. A car that was stranded on Thursday night was still on the side of the road the next day.
Clark County Public Information Officer Michael Cooper said the county had a few road closures this week around the area of Spangler Road.
Differing parts of the county received between 2.15 and 3.45 inches of rain during week.
Moving into the weekend, Storm Center 7 Meteorologist Dontae Jones said the precipitation will hold off for Saturday, but could return on Sunday in the form of rain or snow showers — although accumulation will only be about an inch or two.
Highs on Sunday and into the beginning of the week will reach into the upper 30s with the possibility for slick roads for the Monday morning commute.
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