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…