Northeast Ohio tornadoes: See the path of the storms
(WJW) – Survey crews from the National Weather Service will be on the ground in Northeast Ohio Thursday to confirm whether more tornadoes hit the area Tuesday night.
Four tornadoes have been confirmed from the Aug. 6 storms so far.
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They spanned Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Summit counties.
Now we know more about the path those tornadoes took from NWS.
In Lorain County, a tornado began near Wedgewood Drive in Avon Lake around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday.
From there, the tornado moved east, and remained on the ground for 11 minutes and ended near Wooster Road, near Laurel Avenue, in Rocky River.
NWS determined it was an EF1 tornado with 110 mph winds. It was 200 yards wide and was on the ground for 8.42 miles.
The second tornado started in Brook Park at 3:59 p.m. and ended in Bedford at 4:24 p.m. in Cuyahoga County.
It was an EF1 with peak winds of 104 mph.
It touched down in Brook Park near Holland Road. Shortly after, the tornado tore off a portion of the roof at the Brook Park Recreation Center.
The storm went east, downing power poles along West 130th Street and through Parma Heights and Parma, then along Chestnut Road in Seven Hills and Independence.
It continued through Valley View and Bedford, eventually dissipating near the Bedford Cemetery.
The tornado was on the ground for 17 miles and had a path 350 yards wide.
The third EF-1 tornado, in the Richfield area, was measured at 150 yards wide and with estimated wind speeds reaching 104 mph.
It spun up at 4:20 p.m. in Brecksville in southern Cuyahoga County. It lasted about 5 minutes, traveling a little more than 3 miles before dissipating in Peninsula, according to the National Weather Service.
Surveyors found the tornado damaged a commercial warehouse along Columbia Road in Richfield, ripping off the building’s roof and blowing over 11 empty semi trailers.
It then moved southeast, downing trees and utility poles along Columbia Road.
It ended on the north side of the Interstate 80 Cuyahoga Valley Bridge, just west of Riverview Road in Boston, where damage surveyors found more downed trees.
The fourth tornado was reported in the Kirtland and Chesterland area, starting in Waite Hill in Lake County and traveling more than 4 3/4 miles before ending in Chesterland in Geauga County, according to the National Weather Service.
It began at 4:31 p.m. on Worrell Road and moved east-southeast to Tibbetts Road. As it continued southeast, it created “extensive” tree damage along Chillicothe Road and Mulberry Road, some of which affected nearby houses. It dissipated about 7 minutes later after crossing Wilson Mills Road.
The tornado spanned 200 yards wide and had wind speeds estimated at 110 mph.
No injuries were reported in the tornadoes, although the damage was widespread.
Many saw damage from powerful wind gusts.
Wind gusts between 60 and 86 mph were recorded from Cleveland to Lakemore.
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