The National Weather Service confirmed that a tornado touched down Sunday at approximately 6 p.m. along the Osceola-Brevard County line. The tornado didn't do any damage, but other parts of the storm did. The sky flashed and crackled as lightning continued for roughly 40 minutes. Blinding sheets of rain forced motorists to take refuge under an East-West Expressway overpass. An Orange County firefighter was only 10 feet away when part of a chimney collapsed and fell next to him.
Neighbors believe that the fire near Bay Hill was sparked by lightning.
Fire caused part of a two-story home's roof to collapse near Bay Hill. A German tourist neighbor believes that the fire was sparked by lightning. The fire was eventually knocked down. The father and son who live there weren't home at the time, but returned to see their house extensively damaged. Along the turnpike, a motorist narrowly escaped injury when his SUV flipped.