Indian Lake, Ohio just destroyed by a tornado.

https://channel3now.com/2024/03/14/...ndian-lake-ohio-after-a-violent-tornado/

Apparently there are many trapped people. A trailer park was totally destroyed. The lake has many canals that were dug to access the docks for thousands of trailers and cabins

The tornado passed 1.6 miles South East of me. I could hear it for about 3 minutes. The ridge behind us sheltered us. A taxidermist friend of mine called and texted me. He filmed rotation where he lives near Deleware, Ohio. Another friend of his probably lost his house.

I've fished and stayed at Russels Point, an area that was just destroyed at Indian Lake, many times. My mom's friend had a weekend getaway trailer there.

Keith

I hate those things, especially at night.

Wow, Prayers for All!

Keith

How big of community is this? I remember those when I lived in Omaha as a kid. Don’t miss them.

wws

That's insane..never had to experience a bad one.

Hate to think it but Alabama is about due a bad storm season, Its been a few. I hope I'm wrong.

Looks like it missed several of our members by only a mile or two from the reports on facebook

The area around Indian Lake is mostly flat, corn and bean fields, with a scattering of small towns. The lake at Indian Lake is small. The lake was originally well under 700 acres. It's now approaching 6000 acres. People keep digging out more canals, to build docks on, that feather out through small trailer parks and small lots of cabins. The trailers are mostly small, fairly new and well kept. Most trailer parks are gated and have pools, playgrounds, a lodge and other amenities. The lake is very shallow. There is near constant dredging projects going on. The water is mostly dark chocolate brown and in warm weather, often goose crap green. It's not a a nice lake, but it's very popular. . During the week the population is probably in the thousands. On nice weekends the population probably goes up into the tens of thousands. Warm weather holiday weekends are pretty wild.

Saugeye and crappie fishing can be pretty decent in the older parts of the lake during the Spring. There's way to much boat traffic and cormarants.

Keith

used to be a lot of beaver now. theyre a bit smarter now

I am glad your place is ok and I hope they can get to the survivors quickly.

I've worked tornado damage for many years and they scare the (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) right out of me.

Common here where I live. Im in a valley...usually go over me and drop barns and houses nearby. Indian lake is one of our haunts. Honda transmission plant near there.
After many typhoons in Philippines these are mild to me. Lost everything twice. Hope the people trapped got rescued.
Wonder what Ill see outside after sunup.

Winchester Indiana got hit hard, Heard there are fatalities. Same one just missed me by a mile,

Here is the video I took as it passed Greenville.

Facebook Video

Prayers out

I think Ack had somethin to do with the decrease in population.

Ohio boy thanks for the video, bring back memories from being overseas for ten years. Yes you do get used to them and overconfident. We also had the earthquakes that lasted for 30 and more minutes. The whole SEAsia area was just constant weather (rained a lot too) related problems.....j

After working disaster relief 32 yr this looks like many that I worked with. Prayers for the residents and rescue workers.

Glad you were spared,
Prayers for the community.

Ohio isn't exactly Tornado alley. Apparently you get them somewhat regularly? Hey was, I grew up in Omaha too. Well remember the air raid sirens going off for tornado warnings. Remember one going through south Omaha in the 60s.

western part of the state gets hit fairly often. nothing like how states farther west gets hit though. My part gets one every 5-10 years. maybe a good straightline wind every other year or so. We have real hills. had a twister hit roughly a mile away but could barely see the tornado because it was behind a hill.

The Xenia 1974 tornado is the more infamous hit as it was a F5.

Went looking into some history and apparently we had an F5 near where I live in 68.

going through wiki history, ohio has had 8 official or possible F5s

Fairly regularly in my area

Every spring there is a tornado, a tornado that didn't' touch down, or a storm that makes the tornado sirens go off.

It doesn't have to be in tornado alley to be devastating.

After seeing Mayfield Ky hammered a couple years ago, this seems hauntingly familiar.

My heart goes out to the folks there in Ohio, and hope for the same national response from everyday people pitching in to help the victims.

Ilive west of Celina OH just across the line. Thursday about 6;30 one hit about three miles from me. On OH 49 there was noone hurt but a lot of damage.

Keith

Keitn

So far there are only 3 dead and 25 injured. It was good thing it wasn't a warm, sunny weekend or the casualties would be much, much worse. Indian Lake is mostly empty during the week in cool weather. People mostly hang out there on weekends.

Keith

Looks like theres a fire dept in Waldo for those that are coming to the OSTA banquet tomorrow to drop off donations for the tornado victims

Here's a screen captured from OhioBoy's Video .... Did a frame by frame on it.



Vey menacing looking...

Garry-

tornadoes also touched down near wapakoneta, the findlay-bluffton area, and storms ravaged the counties and surrounding counties.

this morning they were pulling bodies out of the lake, how much of that is hearsay is up to you to decide. most of the information passed around i trust as it comes from my church indian lake church of the naz which is in lakeview. if i need of help they are open 9-7 in the annex building indefinitely