August 6, 2024 Severe Winds and Tornadoes

Summary:

Video evidence shows that a tornado 
began south of an industrial plant 
near Miller Road in far northwest 
corner of Avon. The tornado continued 
east to Wedgewood Drive in Avon Lake 
with multiple trees snapped and a 
trampoline lofted from backyard and 
placed in street. The tornado 
continued to move east, snapping 
multiple trees and removing shingles 
from a roof on Teasel Court. Sporadic 
tree damage occurred as the tornado 
continued east into Bay Village. The 
tornado moved in the vicinity of Wolf 
Road, south of Cahoon Park, producing 
some minor tree damage. The tornado 
produced sporadic tree damage or briefly 
lifted before snapping tops of trees and 
large limbs on East Oakland Road in the 
eastern portion of Bay Village. A front 
porch was damaged by a downed tree in 
this area. Sporadic damage occurred 
east-southeast to Laurel Avenue in Rocky 
River, where a healthy oak tree fell 
across two homes. Both homes had roof 
damage with brick exterior displaced on 
north-facing side of home and scoring on 
brick on the east-facing side of the home. 
The tornado dissipated after snapping 
several healthy oak trees on Wooster 
Road near Laurel Avenue; one tree fell 
on and destroyed a deck.

Summary:

A tornado began in Bay Village near Lake 
Road, west of Pinewood Drive. The tornado 
continued southeast toward Northfield 
Road and Longbeach Parkway, producing tree 
damage along this path. Widespread tree 
damage occurred in Huntington Reservation 
and numerous trees were twisted, snapped, 
and uprooted nearby on Wolf Road and West 
Oakland Road, where the tornado crossed 
the path of the tornado that began in 
Lorain County and moved to Rocky River, 
minutes before. Multiple structures were 
damaged due to down trees in this area, 
including a roof crushed by a tree on West 
Oakland Road, a roof damaged by a tree, and 
multiple sheds damaged or crushed. This is 
the location of the peak intensity of the 
tornado, as an EF-1 tornado with 110 mph 
estimated winds. Intermittent tree damage 
occurred southeast toward Westlake. The 
tornado entered Westlake near Cahoon Road 
and crossed Cahoon Creek. Tree damage 
continued along Georgetown Drive, Ellington 
Road, and Langale Road before dissipating.

Summary:

The National Weather Service confirms a 
tornado touched down in Brookpark near
Holland Rd. with scattered limbs down. 
Metal roofing was torn off a portion of
the roof at the Brookpark Recreation 
Center. Extensive damage to trees was 
noted along the majority of the path 
with downed limbs, some twisted, and 
other trees snapped off at the trunk.
Numerous trees landed on homes, cars,
and took down power lines. A garage 
with metal siding collapsed  near 
Carol Drive and Middlebrook Boulevard
where damage was also sustained to a 
neighbors garage with most of a covered 
patio destroyed. Numerous power poles 
were leaning or downed along West 130th
St. 

Damage continued to the east through Parma 
Heights and Parma where numerous power 
poles were leaning and partially down 
in yards and homes along West Ridgewood
Drive across from the Shoppes at Parma.
The path of tree damage continued 
through Seven Hills, especially along
Chestnut Rd with intermittent damage 
noted through Independence and east 
of the Cuyahoga River. Extensive tree 
damage was noted in Valley View along 
Stone Road where several large trees 
were uprooted with some falling on 
homes. Strips of siding were torn off 
many homes in this area and lofted. 
Occasional trees were noted to have fallen
to the north and northwest along the path.
The path continued into Bedford where 
another neighborhood saw significant 
damage south of Turney Rd. Trees were 
down on several homes and at least a 
portion of a roof was ripped off with
damage to a chimney. A new shed that 
was strongly secured was destroyed and
splattering of debris was noted on homes.
Several homes had areas with siding removed
and thrown. The damage path continued east
through Bedford Reservation with damage 
noted on Union Street and into the Bedford 
Cemetery. Damage became intermittent to 
the east as the tornado dissipated.

Summary:

A tornado began on Worrell Road, moving
east-southeast across Tibbetts Rd. 
It turned southeast and produced extensive
tree damage with numerous trees uprooted 
and snapped across Chillicothe Rd and      
Mulberry Rd. A couple houses were affected
by these downed trees. The tornado 
continued southeast before dissipating 
shortly after crossing Wilson Mills Rd.

Summary:

The tornado began at a commercial warehouse
along Columbia Road in Richfield, where 
the east end of the roof was removed. 
Eleven empty semi truck trailers were 
blown-over in the same general location.
As the tornado continued moving 
southeastward, intermittent tree and 
power pole damage was noted along Columbia
Road. Trees were downed or snapped in 
different directions. This tornado ended 
on after crossing I-80 and the towpath trail
where additional snapped trees were found.

Summary:

The National Weather Service has determined
that a macroburst has occurred in Northeast
Cuyahoga, Western Lake and Northwest Geauga
Counties. This was done through a 
combination of NWS ground surveys and 
reports from the public. The macroburst
primarily caused extensive damage to trees,
wires, and power lines with damage
to a few houses due to downed trees. Based
on this observed damage, winds were 
estimated to be 70-90 mph across the
area with very small pockets of up to 
100 mph.