Columbiana Storm Ruled Possible Tornado

People usually want trees inside of their home this time of the year... not on top of them.

The owner of this house found out about the tree versus his home from his brother because he and his family are not home for the holidays.

"He gets the call this happened and you know they are in the middle of the moving process and the remodeling process, so it's a tough time for him," said Greg York.

However... "In retrospect, it's a blessing that nobody was here and they were out of town for Christmas."

This tree and the countless others were downed due to severe weather event that swept through the area, severe enough for the national weather service to come in and review it.

"Wind speeds were probably the strongest right here at touch down so consistent with about 70-to-80 mile-per-hour winds, which is an EF-0 weak tornado," said National Weather Service Meteorologist Jim Stefkovich.

Which created a new landscape for this neighborhood.

"It took out several of out pretty, old trees," said Cecelia Ebert.

She's been living in this neighborhood for 36 years. At the time of this severe weather event, she was at church attending a funeral.

"When it came over, you could see the rain outside and then, all of a sudden, I thought somebody had come in the doors, but they said that the doors were pulled open and you could see the rain and the leaves and all the stuff in the church parking lot kind of making a rotating, you know, and it kind of unnerved me because this is the closest I've ever been."

And she's hoping she'll never come that close again.

Source: http://www.wtvy.com/home/headlines/Columbiana_Storm_Ruled_Possible_Tornado_136171578.html

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