EF1 tornado in Erie County, Ohio

An EF1 tornado touched down in open farmland in rural Oxford Township just west of Ransom Road and about half way between Mason Road and the Ohio Turnpike. The tornado continued northeast on the ground for about a mile and a quarter before weakening to EF0 intensity and lifting just as it entered NASA's Plum Brook Station. A home near the initial touchdown was damaged by several trees blown over by the tornado. A small barn was leveled and a trailer flipped at a second property nearby. The tornado ripped a large section of roof including trusses off of a house on Mason Road. The roof was found on the NASA facility nearby. Trees were downed along the entire damage path including on the southwestern end of the NASA property. The damage path was up to 50 yards in width. No injuries were reported.

A cold front moved across the Ohio Valley and southern Great Lakes on the afternoon of Sunday, November 5th, 2017. Unseasonably warm and humid air was in place across the region ahead of the front. The cold front gradually progressed across the Ohio Valley and thunderstorms initiated and swept east ahead of the front. The storms formed in a very strong wind field and allowed the storms to move very rapidly east at speeds of 60 to 80 mph. A large macroburst formed and swept east just south of Cleveland and produced winds in excess of 100 mph. The most concentrated damage stretched from southern Lorain County across Cuyahoga County and into northern Summit, northern Portage and southern Geauga Counties. A 105 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at Aurora in Portage County. In addition to the damaging winds, at least 13 tornados were reported. Three of the tornadoes reached EF2 intensity with eight EF1 tornadoes and two EF0 tornadoes. Tens of thousands of trees were downed by these storms and widespread power outages occurred. In the Cleveland area alone, over 100,000 electric customers lost power. It took several days for power to be completely restored. Dozens of homes, buildings and barns were damaged or destroyed by the tornadoes.