SANFORD, Fla. – Seminole County officials say the National Weather Service will be in Sanford Tuesday to survey the damage after the agency confirmed Sanford is where one of three tornadoes touched down in Central Florida on Monday morning.
According to the NWS, they reports of a tornado touching down near the Lake Jessup area began around 11:45 a.m. Monday. Several residents recorded the funnel cloud looming near the Orlando-Sanford International Airport.
Paul Tweed heard the alert on his weather radio and watched from his second floor bedroom window while his children, in the middle of their virtual school day, sought shelter downstairs. “It was kind of like an adrenaline rush.