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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS THREE AREA TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS

(Whitewater Valley)--Storm damage was being assessed across the Whitewater Valley Wednesday in the aftermath of numerous tornado touchdowns on Tuesday night.  So far, the National Weather Service has confirmed three touchdowns in our area.  An EF-1 tornado struck on the north side of Greenville.  It was on the ground for 12 miles and had maximum wind speeds of 110 miles per hour.  Another confirmed tornado touched down just south of Oxford near McGonigle.  The strength of that tornado has not been determined.  In Franklin County, the state’s salt dome on State Road 101 north of Brookville was completely destroyed by what the weather service was an EF-1 tornado.  There were initial indications of a tornado near Milton and another near Orange in Fayette County, but those have not been confirmed.