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…
No tornado, just wind
Damage from severe storms Friday night was the result of severe straight-line winds, meteorologists have determined. Folks had speculated that some of the damage may have been the result of a tornado, and Jeff Orrock, meteorologist in charge at National Weather Service Wakefield, can see how easily people viewing the damage can be fooled. “Wind…