This summary will focus in on the strongest tornado to occur in the Veterans Day Weekend Outbreak. It was the first killer tornado of November 10. This tornado developed in Van Wert County, OH and tracked 52.8 miles. It produced F4 damage in Van Wert County and F3 damage in Paulding and Putnam Counties. It then weakened to an F0 as it traveled through parts of Defiance and Henry Counties.
Per the Storm Data Entry, the tornado developed 4 miles NE of Willshire in Van Wert County. The twister strengthened quickly to an F4, five miles SW of the city of Van Wert near Zook Road. 75-year-old Alfred Germann was killed when his home collapsed. (News Herald, Port Clinton, OH – November 11, 2002).
The tornado moved into the city of Van Wert as an F4. It hit the Twin Cinemas and the Vision Industrial Park. The tornado was about 1/2 mile wide. From Storm Data, “60 persons watching a movie in the cinema, mostly children, took shelter before the tornado hit, with only minor injuries. Vehicles from the parking lot were thrown into the seats where the children had been sitting.”
The photos shown below are all of the Twin Cinemas, via the NWS Summary.
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