National Weather Service: Damaging winds not tornado
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A severe storm Sunday night produced a tornado that damaged buildings and farm equipment in rural eastern Charlotte County.
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A severe storm Sunday night produced a tornado that damaged buildings and farm equipment in rural eastern Charlotte County.
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A severe storm Sunday night produced a tornado that damaged buildings and farm equipment in rural eastern Charlotte County.
EAST CHARLOTTE COUNTY — A thunderstorm turned unexpectedly violent near Babcock Ranch in Charlotte County late Sunday afternoon, but a tornado did not touch down, according to the National Weather Service in Ruskin.
Instead, straight-line winds of up to 75 m.p.h. caused some minor damage across a four-mile stretch, knocking down trees, power lines and damaging farm equipment, said meteorologist Logan Johnson.
