ORLANDO, Fla. — A potential tornado has touched down in neighborhoods south and east of Downtown Orlando. The Orange County Sheriff's Office says there are numerous reports of damage in the Fern Creek and Conway areas. The city of Orlando is evaluating damage in the area.
First Coast News Meteorologist Lauren Rautenkranz says the Tornado Warnings impacting the Orlando area are caused by outer bands of Tropical Storm Cristobal, churning in the Gulf of Mexico and heading towards a Gulf Coast landfall.
Numerous videos of funnel clouds in the area have been posted to social media sites, including this one by Orlando NBC station WESH.
The rain bands from Cristobal are also what's causing our wet weather along the First Coast. A brief severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Putnam County but there are no current active weather warnings for our area.