TOLEDO, Ohio — The National Weather Service confirmed Saturday that nine tornadoes passed through northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan on Thursday evening.
The severe weather slammed the region, leaving residents and emergency services with swaths of damage to clean up.
Point Place, Oak Harbor and Peru Township in Huron County each saw EF-2 tornados tear through the community. Rice Township in Sandusky County and Detroit Beach in Monroe, Michigan, were hit by EF-1 tornadoes. Bellevue, Ohio, saw an EF-0 tornado pass through.
On Saturday, NWS confirmed an EF-0 tornado in Vickery in Sandusky County and EF-1 tornadoes in North Fairfield and Greenwich in Huron County, bringing the total to nine.
The NWS Cleveland branch reports an estimated peak wind speed of 130 mph for the Point Place tornado. The path length was recorded at 2 miles with a width of 300 yards.
The tornado formed at 6:06 p.m. five miles north of downtown Toledo and lasted four minutes. No injuries were reported.
Hail was reported up to 2.5 inches.
Peak wind speeds for the tornado near Oak Harbor were estimated at 130 mph. The path length was 3.45 miles with a width of 200 yards.
The tornado formed three miles south of Oak Harbor and ended three miles southeast. It was on the ground from 6:49 to 6:58.
No injuries were reported.
Severe thunderstorms brought hail and several reported tornadoes to portions of northwest Ohio Thursday evening, causing widespread power outages through the region. The confirmed tornado in Point Place caused severe damage, including downed trees and major roof damage.
The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for the northeast portion of Lucas County, Monroe County, Erie County, Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Seneca County and Huron County as the storms blew through the region beginning around 6 p.m.
3 EF-2 tornadoes hit northwest Ohio Thursday
Authorities urged residents in the affected areas of north Toledo to stay in their homes even as the active storm moved out of the area. The storm downed power lines and may have caused gas leaks, officials said.
Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said Thursday he believes this was the first tornado to touch down in the city since 1965.
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