EF1 tornado in Seneca County, Ohio

A weak tornado touched down along Township Road 100 in West Lodi. The location is about 100 yards west of County Road 27. Two storage sheds near the initial touchdown were destroyed and their contents thrown across the area. Debris from the sheds peppered the two houses associated with the sheds. Both homes had projectiles from the sheds sticking out of three of their four sides. Both houses also sustained major roof damage and were shifted off of their foundations. The tornado then continued northeast across County Road 27 and strengthened to EF1 intensity. A couple homes on the east side of Country Road 27 had windows blown out and suffered roof damage. Many trees in the area were also snapped or uprooted. The tornado then continued northeast across farm land before lifting as it approached Township Road 134. Portions of a corn field were flattened by the tornado. The damage path was just under a half mile in width and over 150 yards in width at time.

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.