Weather authorities say no tornado in Warren, Trumbull County

WARREN — Though officials are not calling the winds that blew through the northeast area of Warren early today a tornado, it sure felt like one to one Northbury Colony apartment resident.

“There’s no way this was anything but a tornado with all this damage,” said Amanda Briggs, who lives in a third floor apartment. “It felt and sounded like a tornado.”

The siding and particle board in the top portion of Briggs’ apartment building and several others nearby were ripped off at about 4:45 a.m. in the midst of a storm that included thunder, lightning and high winds.

“I could feel the whole building shaking,” Briggs said of the storm, which knocked down scores of trees within a couple miles to the east and west of the apartment complex.

The Ohio Weather Service said it had no reports of tornadoes in Trumbull County, just severe thunderstorms.

For the complete story, see Saturday's Vindicator and Vindy.com