The West Bend News was called early this morning (May 23) by Paulding County’s EMA Director Ed Bohn to report a possible tornado. The video feed was taken by Engaging Exposures Classic Photography’s drone. Along State Road 111, east of County Road 133 is a Dairy Farm that took heavy damage from what is believed to be from the tornado.
Storms rolled across Indiana and then into Ohio last night and into this morning to cause damage all along the path. The storms knocked down trees, damaging cars and roofs. Power outages are still being reported by AEP throughout the area.
Ed Bohn stated that near Grover Hill a semi-Truck was blown over off the road and there was a spill. The truck has been cleaned up.
The National Weather Service reported there were tornadoes that touched down in Indiana and they were looking for verification in Ohio. It looks like they got it.
Damage that a tornado can cause is extremely dangerous. In on the of the pictures you can see wood shot right through the steel.
The path of debris makes the tornado look like it moved from southwest to northeast directly across the barns.
Ed Bohn gave a statement: The severe thunderstorms that went through the area this morning, may have spawned a possible tornado that touched down near State Route 111 east of Co. Rd. 133. The Emerald Dairy Farm was impacted at around 5:22 am this morning. Farm hands were milking the cows when the barn roof was suck off the structure and came crashing down on the dairy cattle. The NWS has not verified if the destruction was that of a tornado or not. Other damage in Paulding County were trees, tree limbs and power lines block roadways.
State Route 111 east of Five Span is still closed due to power lines and power poles on the highway. A semi was over turned on State Route 637
south of Co. Rd. 60 near Grover Hill this morning, trapping the truck driver. He was extricated and transported by Grover Hill Fire and EMS to the Van Wert hospital. For any further information on the storm damage contact the Paulding County EMA, 419-399-3500.
