The National Weather Service said Saturday that it confirmed Slatington was hit by a tornado in the storm Thursday.

The tornado and is rated an EF0 with peak winds up to 85 mph.

An EF0 tornado is the lowest on the scale, with 5 being the highest. EF5 tornadoes have winds over 200 mph.

Northern Lehigh School District Superintendent Matthew J. Link said there was some damage mostly around the area of Bulldog Stadium, but added thankfully no one was injured.

Link said that shortly after the storms ended, the district’s School Safety and Security Coordinator, one of its Lead Maintenance Personnel, and he were on site to inspect.

“We found a roof was torn completely off the visiting team baseball dugout,” he said. “The baseball bleachers were blown across the stadium parking lot, one of which struck a school bus and smashed a window and pushed the window frame in. At least one field hockey goal and one soccer goal was badly damaged, probably beyond repair. Part of the metal roof was peeled back on one of maintenance buildings. There were numerous trees down on that part of campus as well.”

Slatington Airport owner Roger Sell said two airplanes and a hangar were badly damaged.

“It looks to be in my mind a tornado that came whistling down Airport Lane and it came from the west,” Sell said. “Now I’m waiting to get a hold of my insurance agent to identify some of the areas that have significant damage.”

Slatington Borough Manager Dan Stevens said various areas in the borough were affected.

Stevens said there were trees ripped right out of the ground at the bowling alley along Route 873, as well as a lot of trees down along Shadow Oaks Lane.