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No Injuries Reported After Tornado Hits Lake Wales
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Published: August 22, 2008
Updated: 08/22/2008 09:20 pm
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A tornado touched down in Lake Wales this evening, damaging four mobile homes and a bridge, Polk County public safety officials say.
Nobody was injured.
One of the mobile homes was damaged significantly enough that the homeowner must be displaced, county public safety spokeswoman Heather Smith said. The three other homes, which generally only are occupied on weekends, had roof damage.
The twister touched down at 3000 Camp Rosalie Road about 6:37 p.m., Smith said. The displaced homeowner was on scene when the tornado came through.
"The Red Cross is trying to ascertain what his needs are and they are trying to help him out," she said.
Paul Close of the National Weather Service said the tornado could have started out as a waterspout, but once waterspouts come on land they are considered tornadoes.
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