This tornado is 1 of 35 reported tornadoes that touched down across Indiana and Ohio on August 24, 2016. This outbreak is being called the "Surprise Outbreak" because not many were forecasting severe weather for this day, and less were expecting tornadoes especially 35! I first learned of the tornadoes on social media, I seen the town of Kokomo Indiana got hit pictures and videos of destroyed houses were being posted. Kokomo which is about 100 miles from Ohio city, Ohio the way the storms were moving Ohio city lined up perfectly for which these severe storms were heading. Not much after I seen the damage in Kokomo our county (Van Wert) was put into a tornado watch. This means conditions are favorable for tornadoes. About 2 hours later our county was put into a tornado warning. This means a severe storm is producing rotatating clouds (funnel cloud), is moving in the direction of your county. A funnel cloud then turns into a tornado when it touches the ground. When the weather service issue a tornado warning, sirens located at each towns fire stations start, this is to notify the public to get to shelter/safety a dangerous storm is coming. (The siren can be heard in the video) The siren sounds for about 15 minutes before anything happens then I get a call from family down the road saying the tornado is forming and about to touch down. I can't see it because it's on the west side of the woods in the video. Few minutes later the tornado clears the woods and I have a perfect shot of the tornado crossing behind me! Thankfully the tornado was mainly on open corn and soybeans fields so no injuries were reported and very little damage was done.