Impact
An intermittent path of damage was left by the supercell over a distance of 70 miles (110 km). A total of 1,145 homes were damaged in Sumter County with 200 destroyed during the six minute duration of the tornado in the county. Fifteen people were injured in Sumter County. The tornado moved across the Lady Lake area where it killed eight people, all of whom were in mobile homes, and injured 10 others. It damaged 180 residences and destroyed 101 in Lake County before dissipating near Emeralda Marsh at 3:25 am EST (0825 UTC).
When the second tornado impacted the Lake Mack area, 86 residences were destroyed and 144 were damaged. Thirteen people were killed, all in mobile homes, and nine others were injured. The tornado moved across the St. Johns River into Volusia County where it damaged 277 residences and destroyed 106 in the DeLand area before lifting at 4:10 am EST (0910 UTC). Forty-two people were injured in Volusia County. The third tornado damaged roofs, car ports and garage doors along its path through New Smyrna Beach.
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