Tornado confirmed in last week’s severe weather
The National Weather Service is confirming that the Brownstown area was hit by a tornado during last Thursday’s severe weather.
The agency says that an EF-1 tornado briefly touched down, damaging trees and irrigation systems at 2:06 Thursday afternoon. The estimated winds were 94 mph and the 40-yard wide tornado was on the ground for about a mile and a quarter.
The agency says that the most extensive damage was to a pole barn and a grain silo. The barn roof was lifted off and destroyed, while the grain silo roof was lifted off and blown in an opposite direction.
A series of storms Thursday afternoon were caused by a strong low pressure system. There were also damaging winds. No one was injured.