NWS CLEVELAND has confirmed a brief tornado did indeed touchdown in Lorain County during last evenings severe weather event. ...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN LORAIN COUNTY OHIO... LOCATION...EATON TOWNSHIP DATE...MAY 12 2014 ESTIMATED TIME...7:45 PM TO 7:50 PM EDT MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...86 MPH MAX PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS WIDE PATH LENGTH...1.02 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON 41.347377/-82.033229 ENDING LAT/LON 41.335787/-82.019364 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EATON TOWNSHIP ON BUTTERNUT RIDGE ROAD AND TRACKED SOUTHEAST ACROSS MAINLY FARMLAND FOR A LITTLE OVER A MILE AND CROSSED RT 83 AND LIFTED NORTH OF COOLEY ROAD. THE DAMAGE WAS 30 TO 100 YARDS IN WIDTH. DAMAGE CONSISTED MAINLY OF DOWNED TREES AND SEVERAL BUILDINGS LOST SECTIONS OF ROOFING. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 86 MPH.
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 20:13:52 +0000
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