The tornado appears to have begun in Colerain Township near Colerain Ave, where trees were reported down along with minor damage to the YMCA Play Time Early Learning … The tornado crossed into Licking County, where ground scouring occured and trees were debarked in rural areas. Touching down at 2:37 PM EDT, the tornado moved out of Moraine and into Dayton's southeastern suburbs, and rapidly intensified, doing EF3 damage to homes and businesses, with 1 person being killed in a car while driving, unaware the tornado was upon them. © 2021 Advance Local Media LLC. The first tornado touched down near Grafton in Lorain county around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. BROWN COUNTY, Ohio (FOX19) - The National Weather Service says three tornadoes touched down in the Tri-State Wednesday night. The tornado touched down at 3:28 PM EDT, moving northeast at 40 mph out of extreme east Madison County. A tornado emergency was issued for Bellefontaine at 2:54 PM EDT. The tornado then exited New Albany, weakening to a low-end EF4, before producing EF5 damage one last time to two large, well-built homes in extreme northeast Franklin County, both of them being swept away completely. All rights reserved (About Us). Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. The National Weather has confirmed that three separate tornadoes touched down in Northeast Ohio around midnight Wednesday. The tornado continued producing mid to high-end EF3 damage as it kept on its northeasterly path. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Severe thunderstorms developed across the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Two old homes were swept away in Bexley. Three homes with anchor bolts were swept away leaving open basements, but contextual discrepancies prevented a rating higher than high-end EF4. On April 23, 2020 a large outbreak of tornadoes impacted Ohio, Eastern Indiana, and Northern Kentucky. It is the largest outbreak in Ohio's history, including 56 tornadoes in the state. The storm boasted winds that gusted up to 67 mph overnight — just 7 mph below hurricane status — and caused damage that include knocked down trees, power lines and power poles. This supercell formed ahead of the cold front, and did so earlier and farther west than others that formed ahead of the front. Model guidance on April 22 also hinted at this possibility, and by the morning of the April 23, the SPC upgraded to a high risk across much of Ohio, extreme East Indiana, and Northern Kentucky. 15 people died in New Albany. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued tornado warnings in Lorain, Medina, Summit, Stark, and Wayne counties after the NWS radar indicated rotation in the clouds. The tornado weakened and did EF2 damage to the very small unincorporated community of Florence, and dissipated near London. The preliminary tornado count from April 2020 was among the most on record in April. An EF5 tornado that struck the Columbus, Ohio area, doing extreme damage in the suburb of New Albany. CLEVELAND, Ohio — A tornado touched down in Summit County late Tuesday night, the third confirmed twister from violent storms that moved through Northeast Ohio. ... — Mark Johnson (@MarkJWeather) April 8, 2020. Everything in its path was either leveled or swept away completely. The tornado continued northeast, doing EF2 to EF3 damage to homes south of De Graff. A weak tornado touched down at about 12:20 a.m. in southern Stark County, northwest of East Sparta. It is the largest outbreak in Ohio's history, including 56 tornadoes in the state. Cars were tossed hundreds of yards and crushed beyond recognition, and a smaller vehicle was never located. Updated Apr 8, 2020 at 10:53am Twitter Tornado touches in Brunswick, Ohio. The tornado crossed into Delaware County, and did high-end EF4 damage again, this time north of Shawnee Hills, where numerous houses were completely leveled and partially swept away. Then, at high-end EF4 strength, the tornado moved into Gahanna, leveling or sweeping away several well-built homes and businesses. The tornado dissipated at 4:37 PM EDT. Cars were tossed long distances and trees were completely debarked, twisted, and snapped. It went through Bexley where widespread EF3 and EF4 damage occured, with numerous well-built homes completely leveled. The tornado did EF2 damage shortly after touching down in Worthington. At EF5 strength, entire rows of well-built brick homes with extensive anchor bolting were completely swept away, leaving only open basements. CLEVELAND, Ohio — A tornado touched down in Summit County late Tuesday night, the third confirmed twister from violent storms that moved through Northeast Ohio. The tornado then entered rural areas of northern and northeast Greene County, where scattered debris was found in fields and trees were denuded and debarked. PUBLISHED 3:24 PM EDT Apr. The initial storms formed on the northern periphery of a destabilizing warm sector that extended northeastward into the … The tornado moved into Clark County, and didn't hit any significant structures until making a direct hit to the town of South Charleston. The houses there were reduced to piles of debris or were partially swept away. An EF5 tornado that struck the Columbus, Ohio area, doing extreme damage in the suburb of New Albany. 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