The morning after

After my post from yesterday, I thought it would be good to include the local press coverage:

Storm's deluge collapses roof in Apopka; 75 are displaced
Ken Ma, Sentinel Staff Writer
October 8, 2006

A freak storm Saturday night left up to 75 people homeless in Apopka when heavy rain collapsed the roof of an apartment building.

The deluge between 8 and 8:30 p.m. collapsed the roof of a building at the Forest Avenue Apartments, Apopka police spokesman Sgt. Jerome Miller said.

"I'm surprised no one got injured," he said.

About 13 to 15 apartments in the building -- one of two at the complex -- were damaged.

Miller said a tornado may have touched down at the complex, but weather forecasters in Melbourne said they were uncertain any had hit.

The Red Cross found shelter for those displaced from Forest Avenue.

The storm brought heavy rains and hail to Orange and Lake counties. The sudden change occurred when a cold front and an East Coast sea breeze collided and tapped cold, dry air, said forecaster Matt Bragaw, of the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

"Once they hit that dry air, they went to town," Bragaw said.

Apopka was soaked with 1 to 2 inches of rain, he said.

The storm, which also packed lightning that was blamed for at least one house fire in Orange County, rolled through Lake and Orange between 6 and 9 p.m.

In Apopka, it knocked a tree into a home and caused a power outage near City Hall, Miller said.