Tornados are measured on the Enhanced F-scale from EF0, the least severe, to the most violent EF5.
About 2,100 Dayton Power and Light customers lost power after a transmission pole was knocked down. Some FirstEnergy customers also lost power. Both companies reported service restored to all but a handful of customers by Wednesday evening.
In addition to many downed trees, a 30-foot section of aluminum siding was ripped off the former Trostel’s Home Furnishings store.
Many New Carlisle residents were angry because the tornado sirens didn’t go off until the storms had passed through.
In Butler County, tornado sirens were activated after what looked like a funnel cloud was spotted by a sheriff’s deputy at 7:55 a.m. But there was no confirmation from the National Weather Service that a funnel cloud or tornado touched down in the area, according to Meteorologist Andrew Snyder, who said it was unlikely a funnel cloud developed in that area.
There was tornado warning issued in Montgomery County on Wednesday night. Many areas reported downed trees and Dayton Power and Light reported several weather-related power outages spread throughout the county.
The .98 inches of rain that fell Wednesday brought the city nearer to breaking the all-time record for rainfall for the month of April set in 1996. As of 6 p.m. the total for the month was 8.64 inches with the record being 9.2 inches.
WHIO-TV chief meteorologist Jamie Simpson attributed many of the downed trees Wednesday to the overly-saturated ground.
Light showers could appear this afternoon and today’s high is expected to be around 57 degrees.
Staff writers Steve Bennish and Kareem Elgazzar contributed to this story.