Tornadoes leave path of destruction in several Northeast Ohio counties

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Numerous tornadoes touched down on Thursday afternoon throughout Northeast Ohio, leaving devastating destruction in their wake.

National Weather Service Cleveland confirmed that 6 tornadoes touched down in Northeast Ohio yesterday afternoon.

3 tornadoes in Hinckley Township, Wickliffe, and Jackson township were all rated EF1.

The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies EF1 as a weak category at 86 to 110 mph.

The fourth confirmed tornado was in Hudson, categorized as EF0 at peak winds of 80 mph.

The fifth tornado touched down in Mecca in Trumbull county, rated EF1.

The final tornado touched down in Johnston Township, rated EF0 with estimated peak winds at 80 mph.

The tornado warnings issued yesterday broke a record number in a single day.

National Weather Service in Cleveland issues record number of tornado warnings in single day

Ashland, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit, Stark, Trumbull. and Wayne counties were each under a tornado warning at some point in the day.

[ Tornadoes touch down as severe storms strike Northeast Ohio counties ]

Today @NWSCLE issued 11 #Tornado Warnings with our sneaky, tricky severe weather event. This was the most tornado warnings issued for a single day or event here at #NWS #CLE going back to 2005. 06/12/2013-06/13/20 severe weather event, we issued 10 tornado warnings.#OHwx pic.twitter.com/GMMjksHktZ
— NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) October 22, 2021

Social media has been flooded with photos and videos of storm damage in several counties.

Wickliffe

A tornado hit our little community about an hour ago. No one was injured but it did some serious damage. Power is out on our street and a couple others. #WickliffeOHtornado pic.twitter.com/pSBta8STU9
— Stacey vaxxed & masked resister (@kern_fowler) October 21, 2021

More damage pictures of what was likely a tornado. NWS Cleveland will send out survey teams tomorrow to look at areas of damage and figure out how strong and how many tornado tracks we had this afternoon/evening.#OHwx #NWS #Cleveland #Tornadoes #October https://t.co/2Z1hhiNiIY
— NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) October 21, 2021

@NWSCLE Tornado for sure .. The neighbor saw it pic.twitter.com/jRO8cYKCxb
— Chapp (@wickliffe092) October 21, 2021

Twinsburg

Tornado sirens going off in Twinsburg, Ohio. Video by @factualbent #ohwx pic.twitter.com/aW9JaoQ1Zy
— Great Lakes Storm Chasing (@GLstormchasing) October 21, 2021

Jackson Township

Picture of a tornado earlier in North Canton near Jackson Township.#OHwx #NWS #Cleveland #Ohio #CLEwx #Tornadoes in #October https://t.co/qnNaTpL63o
— NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) October 21, 2021

@NWSCLE @WEWS @MarkJWeather Damage in fisher park in Jackson pic.twitter.com/SAdxxNTdEj
— Matthew Beaber (@BeaberMatthew) October 21, 2021

@NWSCLE @WEWS @MarkJWeather tornado damage fisher park again it through a dugout cover 200 yards pic.twitter.com/QpVJkQVyNx
— Matthew Beaber (@BeaberMatthew) October 21, 2021

Hudson

@BetsyKling @wkycweather video from downtown Hudson taken at 5:15pm as storm passed through pic.twitter.com/IiSChqvzAy
— Darby Johnson ☈ (@DarbyEJohnson) October 21, 2021

More damage (likely tornado damage) from the Hudson area near State Hwy 91. #OHwx #NWS #Cleveland #Tornado https://t.co/GzpHaJBYxz
— NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) October 21, 2021

Aurora

Video of damage and tree debris from likely a tornado near Aurora/Streetsboro area near State Route 43 earlier this evening.#OHwx #NWS #Cleveland #Tornado https://t.co/bRkCxt5QRP
— NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) October 21, 2021

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