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We were awakened by a sonic boom sound at 3am. Along the 466 area we had no damage but just south of us about 2-3 miles it was a mess.
The Groundhog Day tornado outbreak of 2007 was a devastating event that hit The Villages, Florida. The outbreak produced three tornadoes, with the first tornado grazing Wildwood on its East-Northeast path toward The Villages. At 3:10 a.m. it touched down onto Bailey Trail as an EF-3 tornado, traveling at nearly 60 mph while producing 160 mph winds. The tornado traveled across the entire mid-section of The Villages as it raced East-Northeastward and then exited five minutes later at 3:15 a.m. In those brief yet terrifying five minutes, the tornado damaged approximately 1,300 Villages homes. Some homes only experienced light damage while others suffered massive destruction. Even though most residents were sound asleep when the tornado hit, there were amazingly no fatalities, but there were many injuries.