Forecasters confirm small tornado from Sunday storms

Authorities are confirming that a tornado touched down in Ripley County during Sunday night’s bad weather.

The National Weather Service in Wilmington Ohio, says that an EF-0 tornado touched down near Napoleon at about 7:54 in the evening and ended about two minutes later. Storm damage surveyors say the tornado traveled about two miles on the ground damaging trees and homes. Wind speeds are estimated at 80 mph.

The same storm system caused wind damage in Bartholomew, Brown and Monroe counties and witnesses saw rotation and a possible funnel cloud in western Columbus but surveyors could not find any evidence that a tornado touched down.