| At 6:25 PM a severe thunderstorm warning
was issued for the Deltona area of central Volusia County. Large hail
began at 6:30 PM, and radar began to indicate a possible tornado, prompting
a tornado warning to be issued for the area at 6:41 PM. Reports of
more large hail, tree damage, and possible tornadoes continued to filter
in, and radar continued to show that a tornado was possible as the parent
thunderstorm moved east at 20 mph through 8 PM.
A storm survey conducted the next day by National Weather
Service personnel uncovered minimal evidence of tornadic damage in the area,
but widespread evidence of tree damage due to a downburst of winds from
north to south across the southeast section of Deltona, in the direction
of Osteen. Minimal evidence of a tornado was visible in the box on
the map below. This was only evident in the direction to which a few
trees were pushed and not in structural damage of any kind.
Any structural damage seen by the survey team was evidently
the result of falling trees, and not by direct effect of wind itself.
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National Weather Service Forecast Office
