CLEVELAND — Last week, the National Weather Service confirmed that seven tornadoes touched down in Northeast Ohio on Thursday, Oct. 21.
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That number has since grown to eight. On Wednesday, the NWS confirmed that an additional tornado touched down in Northeast Ohio on Oct. 21, doing so east of Seville and west of Wadsworth in Medina County.
The EF-0 tornado touchdown down and tracked northeast into a cornfield. It was 50 yards and 0.3 miles long, reaching a max wind speed of 80 miles per hour.
Altogether, the eight tornados occurred during a two-hour span, with the first twister making its way to Hinckley around 4:36 p.m., causing minor damage to homes and trees over a period of about six minutes. Moments later, a second tornado hit further east in Wickliffe and all but destroyed a house, a somewhat odd occurrence as there had been no tornado warning in Lake County. Both storms were classified as EF1s with winds up to 97 miles per hour.
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At 5:10 p.m., another EF1 hit Jackson Township and lasted for about five minutes. This cyclone was the strongest at 110 miles per hour, and led to significant damage at a local park as well as a nearby business.
A weaker EF0 tornado hit Hudson around the same time, followed by two in Trumbull County: One in Mecca with 104-mile-per-hour winds and another in Johnston Township at 80 miles per hour. The weakest storm (confirmed only Monday) was in Aurora around 5:20 p.m., peaking at just 75 miles per hour and lasting less than a minute but still causing minor roof and tree damage.