An EF-0 tornado has been confirmed four miles southwest of Royal Center in Cass County from the early morning hours of Sunday, March 6.

Estimated peak winds were 70 mph and the path length was 0.5 miles.

The National Weather Service says the tornado briefly touched down south of the Cass County intersection of W CR 400 N and N CR 925 W causing damage to some trees as well as a house chimney.

The tornado moved quickly northeast and ripped off a enclosed porch from a residence at the intersection of W CR 400N and N CR 900 W, throwing it around 175 feet over the house.

Some trees were damaged on the property with a hanging shed door being blown off (east facing) due to intrusion of wind on the south side from a broken window and open door.

Vehicles in the shed were not damaged.

An empty silo to the north of the house was thrown along the road with debris into the adjacent field (this was straight line wind related). The debris ended out in the open field on the NE side of the intersection noted above. A pine tree on the SE side of the intersection was also snapped and thrown into this same field.