While there were high winds and severe thunderstorm warnings, a tornado did rip through Hamilton based on evidence gathered by the Bermuda Weather Service.

Deputy Director Kimberley Zuill said while she hasn't compiled a full report, evidence suggests the tornado tore through Hamilton on Saturday starting on Pitts Bay Road.

"Based on what I saw on Pitts Bay Road, there was a rotation so my report will be leaning towards their being a tornado.

"We have got weather continuing so I am trying to so a report and be on top of operations.

"I am trying to figure out what sort of tornado it was. We are compiling evidence. We are looking at weather sensors on Hinson Island and reports of damage on Pitts Bay Road.

Asked to explain what rotations are, Ms Zuill said: "Instead of the branches being in the right direction, one's going one way, one's across over the other and then scattered in a certain path or twisted trees.

"It was a tornado on rotation when it hit Pitts Bay Road."

She continued: "I do also want to stress as far as the weather service was concerned, this was a success for us because we didn't have a thunder storm advisory the day before.

"As soon as we saw evidence on the radar, the sever thunderstorm warning went out."

Speaking on the tornado's direction, the deputy director said: "It was a tornado that clipped into the Pitts Bay Road houses. As it moved through town, the levels became modified.

"It didn't operate as a straight line wind event because it was being funnelled between the buildings of Reid Street.

"We need to see evidence on Cavendish Heights Hill. The wind event that occurred in Devonshire Bay, there wasn't a sense of rotation there. That maybe went with the thunder storm."

Ms Zuill said the report can take a while to write as there is more evidence that her team needs to gather and more people they need to speak with.

Meanwhile, on South Road Devonshire, Alex and Margaret Arnfield who live in a Cloverdale apartment, lost their roof on Saturday afternoon due to a lightning strike or the tornado.

Mr. Arnfield said: "We didn't know whether it was lighting but it sounded like a lightning bolt. The window blew in and we had high winds and a chunk of the roof went. We hope it will be fixed today. We aren't staying at the house right now.

"There was a very big explosion which removed a majority of the roof, smashed and destroyed a bedroom window and storm shutter. It was very unpleasant. There is a lot of water damage."

Mr. Arnfield said the fire department and D&J Construction came to the house and sealed the roof.

The tornado ripped through Hamilton on Saturday afternoon taking a chunk out of Magistrates' Court's roof, causing damage to the HSBC building on Church Street and scattered branches all over the city.