1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Tampa radar (KTBW), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A short lived tornado, associated with the outer bands of Hurricane Earl, touched down over the rural bayou region near Ozello in extreme western Citrus County with no apparent damage.
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