It was 3:04 a.m. in Lake County when a tornado warning was sent out, but most people were asleep and no one would see it. It was 14 years ago the Groundhog Day tornado outbreak transformed the lives of residents of Sumter, Lake and Volusia counties forever. It was the area’s second deadliest tornado event…
NWS confirms tornadoes touched down Saturday in Lake, Volusia counties
OKAHUMPKA, Fla. — The National Weather Service confirmed Monday that tornadoes touched down Saturday in Volusia and Lake counties. The tornado in Volusia County was a EF-1, while the twister in Lake County was an EF-0. Preliminary information from the National Weather Service Melbourne survey team said the tornado in Lake County occurred at approximately…
Tornado Touchdown Confirmed in Lake County, Says NWS
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — An EF-0 tornado touched down in Lake County on Saturday, causing damage to several homes, the National Weather Center confirmed Monday. NWS officials surveyed damage in Okahumpka near Leesburg, where the storm tore roofs off mobile homes, took down a large oak tree and caused other damage. They say the storm…
Lake County storm damage caused by straight-line winds, not tornado
MASCOTTE, Fla. – Weather officials investigating Friday whether a tornado touched down in Lake County, damaging homes and toppling trees and power lines, found the weather event was not a tornado. The National Weather Service surveyed damage to homes and near a church in Mascotte on Thursday morning. “After surveying the storm damage in the…
Mascotte church cleaning up after apparent tornado
MASCOTTE — Tuscanooga Baptist Church leaders are calling it a miracle. An apparent tornado ripped through Mascotte early Thursday morning, tearing the roof off of the church’s parsonage, where a beloved retired pastor and his wife were living. The couple, James and Mary Lou Madison, survived. Now, though they’re rattled, the Madison’s are safe and…
Possible tornado damages homes in central Florida community early Thursday
A tornado reportedly touched down early Thursday morning and damaged several homes in a community in Lake County, Florida, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. “It appears that around 5:40 a.m., a thunderstorm containing a possible tornado moved through Lake County about 4 miles to the northwest of the town of Mascotte,” said AccuWeather…