A tornado tore through Somerset yesterday morning, damaging buildings and vehicles in a flurry of destruction before drifting off shore.The tornado ripped a section of the Prince Albert Lodge's roof onto a passing car, smashed windows and capsized several boats in Mangrove Bay, but there were no reported injuries.Ray Charlton said that he heard the storm go past his house. When he went to investigate, he saw two overturned boats and a BMW damaged by fallen rock.“From what I understand, he was driving past the Prince Albert Lodge, the masonic lodge, when half of the roof landed on his car on the back side,” Mr Charlton said. “If someone had been in the back seat, there's no way they wouldn't have been hurt.”Craig Ferguson said he was playing with his one-year-old son in his home when he heard what he described as a high-pitched whine outside.“It was pouring with rain,” he said. “I looked out the window and I saw the water starting to churn, a pretty good section. Suddenly the water started getting sucked up and formed a spout.“It stated churning and got bigger and bigger. It started pushing the boats around and you could see the biminis getting sucked right off.“I didn't realise that it had hit the land. It was only when I looked on Facebook that I saw what it had done around the corner.”Mr Ferguson said he watched on as the tornado drifted out to sea.“It was more impressive than anything else. I just got lost in the power of nature. Of course, it was going away from us. If it had staring moving towards us I would have gotten more concerned.”One person wrote on Twitter: “Twister in [Somerset]. Just missed us. And almost killed the guy in this car.”One person wrote on our Facebook page: “Walking along south shore at around 9am and saw a large waterspout. It looked like it was heading in to shore so I bolted to a friends house! Heard when I got home about Somerset!”Meteorologist Kim Zuill of the Bermuda Weather Service confirmed that a “minimal/shallow” tornado struck the Mangrove Bay area.“There was a tiny hook echo on our Doppler weather radar at 8.33am prior to a heavy shower moving from the southwest and crossing the west end through Somerset,” Ms Zuill said. “Rotation evidenced in a video that was supplied to us and the damage showed indications of a rotating wind field.“This tornado was very small in diameter, causing damage to one known building and surrounding area associated with the building. All of this evidence combined leads to the conclusion that it was a minimal/shallow, short lived tornado, probably barely an F1 on the Fujita scale, which existed for about 15 minutes.”* For more pictures of the damage and the tornado see the photo gallery section of www.royalgazette.com