Tornado in Van Wert County, Ohio
Tornado August 11, 2021 · Van Wert County, Ohio
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Van Wert County → Allen County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The tornado touched down in Van Wert county in a corn field on the northeast side of griffin road, just northeast of State Route 116 and Converse-Roselm road. The tornado tracked just south of due east through open fields. The tornado tracked into Allen county, Ohio.
This tornado is classified as unknown as the tornado did not damage any structures or trees, but did damage croplands.
The wider storm
Convection initiated in Central Illinois and developed into a convective line as it approached Indiana. Thunderstorms developed in the warm sector ahead of the initial line and produced multiple outflow interactions. As the line moved into Ohio, embedded rear inflow jets within the line of storms resulted in several swaths of wind damage and isolated tornadoes.
Began near Converse (40.7749, -84.4121).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 982540. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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