at 11 pm, a tornado touched down in lorain county and struck pittsfield, killing seven and destroying many structures. the same tornado caused severe damage to homes in grafton. when it neared the cleveland area, it diverged into two separate paths. several witnesses saw two funnels merging into one just like the dunlap, indiana tornado earlier in the day. large trees were felled. the storm produced f4 damage in strongsville, where homes were destroyed. the tornado killed 18 people.