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Tornado near Cleveland, Ohio? Latest radar as Mentor, Willoughby, Euclid, Painesville, Lake County under warning
A low-pressure system near Mentor, Euclid and Willoughby triggered tornado alerts, with 75-80 mph winds reported across the Cleveland metro area.
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A low-pressure formation in the areas of Mentor, Euclid, and Willoughby in Ohio on Thursday afternoon sparked severe thunderstorm alert for Cleveland metro area.
Tornado warnings were issued for Mentor, Euclid, and Willoughby - roughly 25 miles away from downtown Cleveland- but strong winds of up to 75-80 mph are rolling through the city as of Thursday afternoon.
Cleveland itself is not under a tornado warning now. However, severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued for Cleveland, along with Parma, Lakewood. Warren, Niles, Ashtabula, Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Stow, Brunswick, Media and Wadsworth.
The warning seems to have originated due to the low-pressure formations around Mentor and Willoughby in Lake County. The areas further east of Menton, up to Painesville, was under the tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service.
The formation, capable of producing tornadoes, is moving west into Cuyahoga County, with Euclid under alert.
But as the storm moves west, there is a chance that the Cleveland area might see small tornadoes. There are no major alerts.
This story is being updated.
