National Weather Service confirms an EF-0 tornado caused the damage in Volusia County Friday afternoon.

Specifically, a tornado touched down at Massey Ranch Air Park in Edgewater around 4:26 p.m., causing extensive damage to three hangars, flipping a plane knocking down trees. Estimated winds were between 70 and 80 miles per hour.

Viewers sent pictures of damage and funnel clouds in Edgewater and New Smyrna Beach.

Around 4:30 p.m. guests at the Coastal Waters Inn in New Smyrna Beach said the wind picked up and patio chairs went flying.

"It looked like the worst of it came over on [the pool] side cause there’s busted windows up and down the hotel here and all these cars so there’s probably flying debris that came through here," said hotel guest Richard Maxey.

Nine cars along the hotel have broken windows. There was even broken glass in a few of the rooms.

"Just chaos when people are here on vacation," said Rob Cumbie, hotel manager. "They save their money all year for one week and then this happens."

The wind was also bad in other areas. In Port Orange, a tree snapped in half at a home on Hawks Ridge Road. The tree fell mostly onto the home's garage.

Rain caused flooding

Enough rain fell in Daytona Beach, Palm Coast and South Daytona to flood streets in those areas.

We took a look at rain totals in Volusia and Flagler counties during the strongest points of the storm. Rainfall total averages range from an inch in the New Smyrna Beach area for 2.8 inches in the Daytona Beach area.

A closer look at Daytona Beach shows even higher rainfall numbers, over three inches. While meteorologist Dave Cocchiarella said we've seen more rain fall before, it's the accumulation of rain in these areas over the last few days that is likely causing the flooding we are seeing.

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Although afternoon storms will remain in the forecast  through the weekend, as we have seen for the last two days, coverage of storms will be isolated and focus on the east side of the peninsula. There is enough heat, moisture and instability to generate storms across the interior each afternoon through the weekend and into next week, although the conditions will be a bit drier in the middle and upper levels of the atmosphere, leading to fewer storms than normal during the end of July. The storms that do form will be locally strong with gusty winds and frequent lightning. Heavy rain will also be a concern, along with ponding of water on the roads and localized flooding in poor drainage areas.

Storms each afternoon this weekend will be hit-or-miss; not everyone will see them. Before they develop, plan on a hot, muggy day area wide with highs climbing into the low 90s for most locations over the inland counties. A few spots along and north of I-4 may reach the middle 90s, due to slightly less cloud cover and storm development. Coastal areas will stay closer to 90 degrees. Southwest winds will provide a steady flow of humid air, making it feel a lot hotter than the actual air temperature. Heat index values will soar to the upper 90s and low 100s. Storms will weaken once the sun sets each evening for the next couple of days, tapering to showers which should end shortly after midnight.

This pocket of slightly drier air in the middle and upper levels of the atmosphere with remain overhead through the weekend, allowing rain chances to be reduced but not entirely. We still will find a few storms each afternoon, providing an opportunity to cool off from readings in the low to mid 90s. Lows will consistently run in the middle 70s.

In the tropics, we are watching a few weak tropical waves moving westbound north of the Equator, but none are showing promising signs of development. No systems are expected to form within the next five days.

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