The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in Montgomery County, four miles southeast of Gratis, and moved into Butler County before dissipating Friday Night. A survey team from the weather service confirmed the twister touched down around 8:38pm, with wind speeds of 90-95 mph. The storm's path started on the west side of Puddenbag Road south of Barlow Road, and moved southeast past Oxford Road and into Butler County, across Elk Creek Road before it ended at No Mans Road. The storm caused considerable tree damage, and minor roof damage to a house and barn on Oxford Road. No fatalities or injuries were reported.
A Tornado Warning was issued at 8:46p.m. Friday, when National Weather Service radar indicated a debris signature in the Madison Township area, near Middletown. Most of the storm damage was reported in the northern part of the county, particularly around Elk Creek Road, West Alexandria Road, and Hursh Road, according to Butler County Emergency Management Director Matt Haverkos. Power was out to over 27,000 Duke Energy customers at the height of the storm, with more than 1,600 outages reported in Butler County. More than 170 customers were still off line in Seven Mile Saturday morning, as the storm took down multiple wires and a transformer on the 400 block of North Main Street (US-127) around 8:48pm. Liberty Township firefighters were called to a house fire on the 6500 block of Countryside Trail around 8:54pm. No word on if the incident was weather related.

PRIOR CONFIRMED TORNADOES IN BUTLER COUNTY SINCE 1950
(SOURCE: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE/NOAA)