User:Robbie01940/sandbox

On May 27, severe weather affected areas across Indiana and Ohio, producing multiple tornadoes in both states throughout the day. At nighttime though, strong tornadoes touched down across Eastern Indiana and West to Central Ohio. At 10:31 p.m. EDT, the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Wilmington, Ohio issued a tornado warning on a thunderstorm with radar-indicated rotation over northeastern Preble and Montgomery counties. Ten minutes later, a tornado touched down west of Brookville, Ohio and quickly began causing significant damage. Numerous homes sustained major roof damage and wall collapse on the south side of Brookville, damage consistent with a high-end EF2 tornado. A nearby wastewater treatment plant was badly damaged while the local K-12 school complex sustained partial roof damage. A debris ball became evident on radar after the tornado tracked across southern Brookville.The twister then moved into the Trotwood area where it continued to produce EF2-rated damage as well as localized areas of EF3 damage. Many homes and apartment complexes sustained heavy damage, particularly on the south side of Westbrook Road. In total, 500 homes were damaged and 59 were destroyed in the city, resulting in four hospitalizations. Another 30 persons without access to breathable air or medications as a result of the tornado were transported elsewhere.

Damage in Brookville, Ohio, caused by the EF2 tornado

As the storm moved over the Trotwood area, the National Weather Service issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation tornado warning at 10:50 p.m. EDT followed by a tornado emergency six minutes later for Montgomery County. At 11:06 p.m. EDT, the tornado traversed the Northridge area of Harrison Township before crossing Interstate 75, entering the Old North Dayton neighborhood of Dayton and causing widespread damage to homes and businesses. A strip mall was heavily damaged on North Dixie Drive. The tornado weakened as it entered Riverside, Ohio, producing EF1 damage before lifting just west of the border between Montgomery and Greene counties after traveling 20 miles. Initially rated EF3 with winds of 140–150 mph (230–240 km/h), it was upgraded to an EF4 with winds of 170 mph (270 km/h).

One elderly woman was found dead several days after the tornado struck. She had been buried in water and debris. In August 2019, it was determined that the woman had drowned. In September, 2019, the Montgomery County coroner ruled that her death was caused in part by trauma from the tornado.

The tornado was thought to have traveled a total of 30 miles into Greene County, but it was revealed to be two tornadoes. After the Dayton tornado lifted, a second tornado touched down in Riverside shortly after. It continued into Greene County, causing moderate to major damage to multiple structures in and near Beavercreek before dissipating just North of Xenia after its 10-mile trek. The tornado was rated an EF3 afterwards.

The tornado was the strongest to strike Ohio in nine years, and the first violent to strike Ohio since an EF4 hit Millbury, Ohio on the night of June 5th, 2010. It was also the first violent tornado to occur in the month of May in three years.