Several tornadoes touched down in Ohio during severe storms on March 11, 2026, destroying buildings and uprooting trees, the National Weather Service confirmed following damage surveys on Thursday, March 12.
The storms also spawned twisters across in the Midwest, including in Indiana and Illinois, and are being blamed in two deaths in Indiana.
In Ohio, tornadoes struck two western counties, Shelby and Auglaize, roughly 90 miles from Columbus, according to the NWS office in Wilmington, Ohio. Additionally, a microburst was confirmed in Upper Sandusky in Wyandot County, roughly 65 miles north of Columbus, according to NWS Cleveland…