CLEVELAND — The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in parts of Wayne and Holmes counties on Wednesday evening.
The NWS says the touchdown occurred in Shreve at approximately 8:55 p.m. just north of Centerville Road. The tornado reached a maximum speed of 105 miles per hour, destroying two barns and damaging the roofs of two others. The storm also damaged a storage shelter, while snapping and uprooting several trees.
There were no injuries or fatalities reported.
A tornado warning was also issued for parts of Richland and Ashland counties just after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The warning lasted for close to an hour. There have been no reports of damage in that area as of yet.
The storms that broke through Northeast Ohio on Wednesday produced some breathtaking mammatus clouds. We have put together a gallery of some of the best submissions we have received from viewers:
PHOTOS: The aftermath of severe weather across Northeast Ohio
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