It sounds like a bomb went off. There's
power wires on that.
Live power wires on my truck. Sy
home, do not come out.
It's overwhelming. You know, I put so
much into this house, so there'o
real way to prepare for it.
I only kept thinking about
with my family.
Thanks for joining us tonight.
We are tracking significant tornado and
spring storm damage in the area tonight.
Our WTO L11 team of meteorologis
says the threat is over,
but the storms hacked strong
winds and brought down building,
tore off roofs, toppled trees and sent
live power lines across the str,
leaving thousands of people.
In the dark across Northwest
Ohio and in southeast Michigan,
this is a look at what the storm
looked like you just saw there
as it moved through our area.
And take a look at this wild vi,
more of this that we got from
a viewer in point place.
Our Chief Meteorologist,
Chris Vickers confirmed that
this is a tornado.
We'll get out to our weather team in a
bit for more on what we saw ton.
We also have our team of anchors
and reporters standing by in
the field right now. Chase
Bachman and Kaylee Marin Tet
are out live for us tonight.
But first we start with
storm damage in point place.
Our weather team did confirm a
tornado touched down there toni.
I went there for several hours.
Our plan was to be there live
for you tonight at Technology
just didn't cooperate because of
everything that happened tonigh.
But you can see there that is Souter Ave.
At Ottawa River Rd.
That is shut down,
you can see lots of damage.
There's a promedical lab that's
destroyed by this storm and
you can very clearly tell and
and Chris called it a tornado.
Very soon after seeing that vid.
Because look at that damage.
That is signature tornado damag.
That's a car wash right there.
We caught up with the mayor,
who said that he'd been in touch
with the governor this evening
should any more help be needed.
We also talked with the owner of
the Anchor Inn who sits right te
at Suiter and Ottawa River Rd.
He said they were just inside.
Playing a game of name that tune didn't
really know anything was going .
And then he explains what happened next.
Also caught up with a guy named
Harry just walking down Cedar A.
who looked up and saw the
tornado take a look
about 6:30, everybody or
a couple of our customers
came in running or yelling that
tornado. Everybody get in the basement. So
we didn't hesitate. We
rushed everybody into the
basement and. Fortunately,
everybody's okay and
we were in the yard work doing the yard
and everything. And then kind of like look,
that was like real calm. We lood
up, we found weird, but looked up. And also
we can see the college turning n
the circle. I've seen them befoe
in Colorado. So I said that's
a tornado. And by the time
I said that just that quick,
within like 45 seconds
from beginning to end, maybe even a minute,
that thing picked up so quick it it was
everything we do to go from here like 50
feet into the house, everything
we could do to pull this door closed.
A lot of close calls out
there for people tonight.
You saw all that damage and one
of the things the mayor told us
is that they have not received,
the city has not received 1911
call from anyone who is hurt
or injured in this tornado.
Chris, one of the things that
I thought was remarkable when
talking to all of these people
out there in Point place was.
I mean, a lot of them were outs.
It just didn't seem that severe
to them when it happened.
But you can see that video thatt
viewer sent in just toppled thoe
trees right over in those build.
Yeah, for many it felt like a nl
afternoon, normal evening as the storms
rolled out of southern Michigan.
And Melissa, they snuck up on
many across the Toledo Metro.
And I do suspect we're going to
come away with several confirmed
tornadoes this evening.
How about this view? Again,
the video is just really just jaw-dropping.
We see the clear circulation ist
tornado came through Point place debris.
Not only lofted it,
picked up, but check it out,
a roof that was thrown there ane
circulation with that vortex vey
clearly in contact with the gro.
And as we see another view
of this coming through,
there's power flashes which woud
be indicating that we've got soe
serious winds with that tornado.
And of course crews will be oute
in the coming days to assess the
magnitude and the severity of t.
Now we are all severe clear
right now at the current time.
We've got showers and storms that are now
well off to the South and to the east,
but the damage was really surreal across
many of our neighborhoods in and around.
Point Place.
There still is an active risk of
some flash flooding over there
toward Erie and Huron County,
and they got hammered with about
5 inches of estimated rainfall.
But the really heavy storm came right
along our Lakeshore, and there it is.
That's the one that got you in
point place over towards Shorel.
Another storm up there toward Me
County likely produced a tornado as well.
So multiple tornadoes likely toe
confirmed and significant damag.
A confirmed tornado.
And how about this baseball sized hail
being reported in and around Point Place?
And the pictures are
certainly jarring about that.
Now where we go from here,
we still got some power outages.
The recovery will take some tim.
And the pictures and images
continue to come in.
We're just very thankful no wider spread
reports of any significant inju.
More on the video and pictures
that continue to pour in though.
Let's get over the meteorologist
Matt Willoughby.
And Matt,
you and I've been kind of pourig
through some of this and each
time we see when we're like,
what Can you believe what you're looking at?
Tell us what you got here.
Yeah, say we have tons of video and pictures
in out all night long WTO 11 viewers.
I've been sending photos of what
we saw in these pictures of the
storm and damage we've seen ton.
This picture right here is from Ottawa
County showing at least some tes
sized hail and and of course ths
the photos and pictures of the t
place where we saw hail and downed trees
and of course the building collapsed.
And then you can see that as wek
here and of course tons of pict,
even trees down.
And I even for us right here,
it's multiple trees from this de
across Northwest Ohio and even t
here just over by gas station,
you can tell multiple roofs and trees
down and you can even update moe
pictures and upload more picturf
our W2O11 weather app and the W2O app.
We'll send it back over to you Melissa.
All right. As we continue to trk
the storm damage in point place.
We are along at Souter Ave.
you and I Tatiana Cash earlier tonight.
The roads were closed,
there were power lines down,
gas smell, that Ottawa River Rd.
exit was closed, a lot of debri.
You were there on the scene whee
that roof collapsed on Cedar Av.
and you talked to even more peo.
Were they as shocked as the peoe
that I caught up with that this kind of
just came in and took them by surprise?
Melissa not only were they shoc,
it was more so just like a pure confusion.
It it almost seemed like several people
I spoke with were kind of in a .
And honestly I'll be right there along with
them like I I was in that days with them.
Just because when you looked at all the
damage and just the fact that again as
we've heard it actually a Toledo fire
actually did here at Washington Township
fire Department or when they spoke about
the fact that no injuries, no deaths but.
Looking at just how intense that damage was,
pro Medica building gone,
the there was a Sonoco as well
as a Marathon gas station,
as well as that strip ball behind there.
All of it destroyed, pieces just in tatters.
There was, you know, insulations
well as just one of those thing.
I apologize. Power lines were d.
It's just so much.
I in a sense can't even find the words.
And then I realized as we're standing
here talking from the fire department,
we have no power here.
So folks are using generators right now.
So many folks are in the dark tonight,
and it's just the blessing that
no one has been injured.
But at the same time,
when I talked to folks,
they were grateful but still very confused.
I talked to the phlebotomist who's been
working at that pro Medica for four years.
His name was Kendrick Mosley,
and Kendrick said I just closed
up shop around 4:30.
Went home to West Toledo and
then heard reports.
Came right back and realized my
whole job was gone and he was vy
concerned for folks in the area.
A woman who had been driving during the
actual storm itself said she was shocked
that power lines had come onto her car.
But again, the blessing was she was safe.
So no injuries, which was good .
But yeah, it's just astounding.
And the fact that again,
no power generators,
so definitely stay safe folks.
And again,
they're asking you to stay home.
And if you need to talk with someone,
call 911 if you cannot get a hod
of them and you are concerned.
So for now,
I'll send it back to you in the studio.
All
right, Tatiana, thank you.
As we stay on top of tonight's storm damage,
we have some outages to
tell you about in our area.
This is from 10:30 tonight from FirstEnergy.
Over 8000 people are without
power in Lucas County,
nearly 6000 in here in County
and over 3500 in Sandusky Count.
That is a view right there from
Toledo all the way over to Cleveland,
which with the areas of.
Power outages now more damage tonight,
this time near Alexis and Detroit in Toledo.
Take a look at this video.
Strong wind knocked down trees,
even ripped a roof off of West Toledo.
Apartment building on a Lexus.
Our cameras spotted debris scatd
from the roof along the road.
And now we also found several
trees that hit homes on Devita,
leaving neighbors shaken.
It sound like a bomb went off.
Standing right in the middle of the house,
right where the tree hit and itt
slammed right through the roof.
Thank goodness it didn't
break through the ceiling,
but it sounded like a bomb went.
Add a reminder.
We've said it before.
What's worth repeating?
Authorities are asking people
to stay in their homes.
Debris and downed power lines can be deadly.
Now getting to more damage
across Northwest Ohio.
Kaylee Marintet is live in Ottawa County.
Like you know,
car where specifically Kaylee,
what have you seen tonight?
Dan, not a lot to see right now.
There's no lights anywhere,
a lot of people out of power.
But I want to show you what a
viewer sent in earlier when they
saw this is what someone saw in
Oak Harbor. This came in from J,
and you can see that cloud coming down and
a lot of this dust and debris coming up.
Very scary sight here. I did spk
to someone who lives in a house
over here and their family ownsa
dairy farm that had about 400 cs
in it that completely collapsed.
She said that she was in the living room
and she saw the funnel cloud cog
down into their yard and that'sn
she went down in the basement a.
About 400 cows were there and
they said they got loose.
I spoke to the owner who said ty
wrangled about 85 of them into a
side barn over here and thankfuy
most of them are all right.
A lot of the areas that we went around,
we saw a lot of down.
Power lines, a lot of Rd.
closed signs so you aren't able
to travel well in the area.
We saw a lot of trees on houses
and just a lot of destruction,
a lot of that happening just
within the few blocks here.
Thankfully we haven't heard
of any injuries in this area,
but a lot of people just ready to say,
hey, this happened, we need to rebuild,
we need to restart here.
But again,
a lot of these roads closed right now.
We're at a road closed sign right now.
But we will stay in the area and
bring you any updates as soon
as we learn of them.
Reporting live in Oak Harbor,
Keeley Marantet,
WTO L11.
Let's
get out to Chase Bachman right .
He joins us live in Oregon tonit
tracking some damage there.
Chase, what did you find?
Well Mel, thankfully the scene
has been very quiet right now.
Not a lot of lights here,
it's just a very calm scene,
but as you can see across the w,
a lot of tree damage.
A lot of. Broken branches
falling down under the ground.
A lot of people's yards covered
in branches and leaves and
debris all across this area.
So a lot of the afternoon evenig
was spent raking up those branc,
collecting stuff,
breaking things down with a chainsaw,
making piles and leaving them for collection.
We actually spoke with one
woman who had a few trees in a
neighboring yard collapse onto r
roof. And completely totaled it.
She said she spent $3000 just a few months
ago to put this brand new roof together.
That roof is now completely tot.
And now she said she has to sped
the next few hours assessing the
total damage and trying to figue
out what exactly to do next.
It's overwhelming. You know,
I put so much into this house.
We bought it three years ago and
I've been putting money into ito
make sure that this little cotte
is something we have to retire .
And every every year we pick a new project,
and this year it was the the garage roof.
We had plans on fixing the house roof
later next year and probably sor
rather than later at this point.
So we spoke with that woman.
She said she's actually a
former Florida resident.
She had survived Hurricanes
Andrew and Charlie.
She said that her homes down
there never had any damage.
She was able to escape Scott
free in those situations,
but unfortunately she
comes up here to Ohio
and now she's a victim of
some of that tree damage.
Reporting live in Oregon,
Chase Bachman, WTO L11, remarkae
to see how much there is to clean up.
We're going to get into that next phase.
They're assessing right now andn
we're going to get into that part where
people are really trying to to clean up.
And you can see those markers,
as Chris called it as
soon as he saw that video.
When you're out there,
you can see the bending metal ad
the trees just broken in half.
The first power lines
will be very busy in the next few days
and trying to get the power back on and
repair a lot of the damage was .
But fortunately, it's mostly tr.
Some power lines, some property damage,
yes, but not it could have been a lot worse
as we look at this video again of that
apartment building that was knocked down.