Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
UPDATE: This was actually a small funnel cloud that never touched the ground for those wondering and quickly dissipated a few minutes after I saw it. Sirens were activated as a precaution and there was no damages of any type associated with the funnel cloud itself.
Well this was crazy. Driving to get my dad from work (I got the car all day) in Eaton, I’m driving through rural Preble County on US-35 to get there. Funnel cloud was observed by a police officer in Eaton, (I saw the tornado later on US-35 as it was dissipating, yes it WAS a tornado) who reported it and the sirens were activated as a precaution (initially only activated in Eaton and West Alexandria but later sirens went off throughout the county). This area doesn’t take chances, especially with the EF-4 and multiple other tornadoes that hit the Dayton metro area (about 5 mi North of my new house) hard last month and the tornado that hit Preble County earlier this month.
Driving through West Alexandria, I observed some mean looking storm clouds in the distance. Had that thought of “wonder if there’s a tornado on that supercell”, and just as I did, sirens throughout the county (at least in Eaton and West Alexandria) sounded. All 2001’s, at least two can be heard prominently, the first being the SRN at the fire station (about 800 ft from where I started the video at after pulling over). They only did one three minute activation, however. Tornado dissipated shortly afterward without incident.
NWS Wilmington never caught it or sent out a bulletin, which was really odd. Comes to show you how good a pair of eyes can be just to keep watch on the sky in case you see what the radar cannot.
UPDATE: This was actually a small funnel cloud that never touched the ground for those wondering and quickly dissipated a few minutes after I saw it. Sirens were activated as a precaution and there was no damages of any type associated with the funnel cloud itself.
Well this was crazy. Driving to get my dad from work (I got the car all day) in Eaton, I’m driving through rural Preble County on US-35 to get there. Funnel cloud was observed by a police officer in Eaton, (I saw the tornado later on US-35 as it was dissipating, yes it WAS a tornado) who reported it and the sirens were activated as a precaution (initially only activated in Eaton and West Alexandria but later sirens went off throughout the county). This area doesn’t take chances, especially with the EF-4 and multiple other tornadoes that hit the Dayton metro area (about 5 mi North of my new house) hard last month and the tornado that hit Preble County earlier this month.
Driving through West Alexandria, I observed some mean looking storm clouds in the distance. Had that thought of “wonder if there’s a tornado on that supercell”, and just as I did, sirens throughout the county (at least in Eaton and West Alexandria) sounded. All 2001’s, at least two can be heard prominently, the first being the SRN at the fire station (about 800 ft from where I started the video at after pulling over). They only did one three minute activation, however. Tornado dissipated shortly afterward without incident.
NWS Wilmington never caught it or sent out a bulletin, which was really odd. Comes to show you how good a pair of eyes can be just to keep watch on the sky in case you see what the radar cannot.
