CLEVELAND — The Power of 5 Weather team has confirmed that an EF1 tornado touched down in Cleveland beginning near East 71st Street and Chester Avenue during storms overnight on 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.
Calvary Church had extensive damage to its roof.
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.
No injuries or deaths were reported.
Last night's tornado appears to be the first tornado to touch down in the City of Cleveland since 1992, and, according to the National Weather Service, it was the first tornado ever recorded in Downtown Cleveland.
On July 12, 1992, a small EF0 tornado touched down near Hopkins Airport and was recorded as 1 mile long, according to the NOAA.
Before that was a small EF0 tornado in 1985 that struck a greenhouse complex in the Old Brooklyn area on Cleveland's southwest side, the NOAA confirms.
And in 1966, 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 people in Cleveland, injured 300 and left more than 200 homeless.
News historian Jeff Christner shared the video below with News 5 - he says it was taken by his grandfather and shows some of the aftermath of the 1953 tornado on Cleveland's west side.
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