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

The tornado, later given an EF2 rating by the National Weather Service, was believed to have peak wind gusts to 115 mph, equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane.

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

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.

This is a very rare event,” FOX 35 Orlando Meteorologist Brooks Garner said Monday morning. “We were able to confirm the tornado as it hit our station.”

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,

Video taken by the tower camera on top of Orlando's FOX 35 television station shows winds from a tornado barreling toward the broadcaster while the team was covering the twister live on air.