A tornado hit a Florida television station while the network’s meteorologist warned viewers a twister was making its way through the area.

The Seminole County Fire Department said a home in Longwood collapsed after "weather impacts." Others described it as a tornado.

This is a confirmed tornado!” says meteorologist Brooks Garner in gripping footage broadcast by Fox 35 in Orlando this morning. Garner was reporting on a Tornado Warning issued for Seminole and Volusia counties in Florida when he realized the station itself,

A television meteorologist broadcast live on the air as a tornado hit his station's studio in Lake Mary, Florida, near Orlando. The meteorologist, Brooks Garner, warned employees to take shelter. Lights flickered during the broadcast and when it was all over Garner said he'd never experienced anything like that before.

A Florida television station took a direct hit from a tornado on Monday. And meteorologist Brooks Garner kept broadcasting throughout. “OK. Take shelter,” Garner urged colleagues at Fox 35 Orlando after spotting the approaching twister via the building’s camera.

A tornado struck a TV station while the weatherman was doing a live broadcast showing the terrifying moment the system closed in. FOX 35 meteorologist Brooks Garner kept remarkably calm as an EF-2 tornado approached and hit the station in Lake Mary,