EF0 tornado in Huron County, Ohio

A weak tornado touched down west of Fitchville near the intersection of Cresent and Rome Greenwich Roads. A mobile home on the south side of Crescent Road was mostly destroyed. The south side of the mobile remained anchored in place while debris from the destroyed northern half of the home was found scattered to the north and south. From the mobile the tornado moved east northeast crossing U.S. Route 250 and only intermittently making contact with the ground. The tornado settled back on the ground as it approached Palmer Road. Several trees were snapped or uprooted in that area. A clear tornado track then continued off to the northeast through several corn fields with evidence of rotation visible. The tornado then damaged a small barn as it crossed Exchange Road. Roofing material from the barn was found scattered on both sides of the road. The tornado eventually lifted just west of the intersection of Fayette and Greenwich East Roads. This tornado had a damage track about three and a quarter miles in length and up to a 100 yards in width.

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.