The Power of 5 Weather team has confirmed that an EF1 tornado touched down in Cleveland beginning near East 71st Street and Chester Avenue overnight Thursday.
The tornado ended blocks away near East 89th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland's Fairfax neighborhood.
The estimated peak wind of the tornado was 110 mph and it traveled for a distance of about .79 miles with a maximum width of 150 yards, according to the National Weather Service. Extensive tree damage occurred along the tornado's path, and some homes sustained minor damage as well.Multiple light poles were bent near the base of the shopping center on East 79th Street and at the intersection of East 89th Street and Euclid Avenue.Last night's tornado appears to be the first tornado to touch down in the City of Cleveland since 1966, when an EF3 tornado skirted the far southeast border of the city, according to information from the Midwest Regional Climate Center.
Before that was the infamous Westside Tornado of 1953, which hit Cleveland's west side neighborhoods on June 8, 1953. According to Case Western Reserve University's Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, that tornado killed nine, injured 300 and left more than 200 homeless.News 5 Now: Morning Download the News 5 Cleveland app now for more stories from us, plus alerts on major news, the latest weather forecast, traffic information and much more.
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