Plant City Observer

UPDATE: No injuries reported in Dover tornado

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has reported a tornado touching down this afternoon, in Dover.

According to Sheriff’s Office reports, a tornado damaged a mobile home in the Shady Oaks Mobile Home Park, 12640 Jess Walden Road, in Dover. The storm caused severe damage to the mobile home park, including destroying a home near the front of the complex after a large tree fell on the west wing of the trailer.

Homeowner Ana Ramirez was in the home with four others at the time of incident. No injuries have been reported.

“It looked and sounded like a tornado,” Ramirez said. “The wind was very heavy.”

Property Manager Scott Hofner was about 20 minutes from Shady Oaks when the tornado hit.

“The police were saying that it was a tornado, and that’s what people here have been saying,” Hofner said. “Thank God no one was hurt.”

Shady Oaks contains 13 trailers. According to Hofner, four people lived in Ramirez’s home.

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