F1 tornado in Stark County, Ohio

The same parent thunderstorm that produced a tornado in northeastern Holmes County spawned a second tornado in southeastern Stark County. A F1 tornado touched down east of East Sparta around 5:58 pm. This tornado moved east into Waynesburg where it followed Lisbon Street through the center of town and then lifted. The tornado had a damage path roughly three and a half miles long and no more than 50 yards in width. Hundreds of trees were downed along the damage path. Many of these trees were in Waynesburg where the top floor of a three story building in the downtown area was tore off. A second building on Mill Street also sustained significant damage. Other buildings on the east side of the city also sustained some damage. Twenty two utility poles were snapped in the Waynesburg area as well. Straight line winds associated with the parent thunderstorms may have contributed to this damage.