Severe thunderstorms in eastern Ohio produced damaged buildings and trees on Thursday. Four tornadoes have been confirmed so far, and more are likely.
The National Weather Service offices in Cleveland and Pittsburgh started surveying the damage areas on Friday morning. It may take a couple of days to finish and get complete details. The information is preliminary for now.
Mount Pleasant
This tornado was rated at EF-1. It damaged trees and barns, as well as siding to a house. Other information isn’t available at this time.
Warnock
This tornado was rated EF-1. It damaged trees and a barn, and debris damaged nearby cars. Other information isn’t available at this time.
Hinckley Township
This tornado was rated EF-1. It started in the southwestern part of the township in the Turnstone Court neighborhood at 4:36 p.m. It damaged a garage door, roofs and siding there.
It then downed several trees near Stony Hill Road and caused additional tree damage on its path that ended in Cleveland Metropark’s Hinckley Reservation. The tornado lifted at 4:42 p.m. near Stark State College.
This tornado was on the ground for about 2.5 miles and had a maximum width of 50 yards.
Jackson Township
This tornado was rated EF-1. It began just north of Jackson High School at 5:10 p.m. and tracked northeast. It ended at 5:15 p.m.
It was on the ground for just under three miles and had a maximum width of 50 yards.
Our SkyCam in Akron caught the severe storms that produced tornadoes in northeastern Ohio.
A ROTATING WALL CLOUD was spotted by our @SpectrumNews1OH SkyCam moving over downtown Akron at around 5pm Thursday. Shortly after this was seen, Tornado Warnings were issued by @NWSCLE. In all, around 15 tornado warnings were issued in Ohio Friday by NWSCLE & NWSPittsburgh #OHwx pic.twitter.com/Z9M2YlkrPD
— Eric Elwell (@EricElwell_TV) October 22, 2021
Other tornadoes
Spectrum News 1’s Tricia Stuckey took these photos of damage in Wickliffe Thursday evening.
Further reports from Wickliffe and the Hudson/Aurora area are expected. Early indications are that tornado damage also occurred in there.
This story will be updated as more reports come in.
