Shocked residents caught a "mini tornado" on camera as it ripped through part of the New Forest on Sunday.
The storm brought gale force winds, hail, thunder and lightning as it travelled from Barton-on-Sea into Ashley, toppling trees and ripping off roofs along the way.
Lower Ashley Road had to close on Sunday due to the damage the storm caused.
Stacey Kirby who lives on the road filmed the "scary" moment the "mini tornado" passed her house.
Stacey said: "It was exciting but scary, once the tornado met the house you can see the force of the wind. Someone's window was taken off its hinges."
Little Trees Pre-School has been left to clear up fallen trees that completely covered their garden.
A spokesperson from Little Trees Pre-School said: "It was certainly a shock to see the amount of damage when we came in.
"We couldn't even see the garden because of the number of trees fallen.
"We have cleared a lot of the trees away but there's still a lot to clear to make it safe.
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"The road was closed because of an issue with power cables, there was also a power cut in the afternoon.
"I am just thankful that nobody was hurt and that no one was here because it is half term."
What appears to be a metal shed flew and landed at the entrance of the pre-school during the storm.
Will Curwood, 31, a New Milton resident who is "fascinated" by severe weather decided to take a trip down to Barton-on-Sea to see the storm coming in.
He recorded a video of the moment the storm approached the cliff top.
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Will said: "As soon as I arrived, I could see rotation on the water with the maddest right to left motion, the meso was several 100 yards across rapidly spinning with a couple of funnels.
"As it hit land it kept its intensity, so I thought I'd take a look to see if there was any damage in land and to my surprise there was."
He said a farm nearby had also been hit causing a gas leak as it ripped an LPG canister from the ground, with corrugated sheets everywhere.
"Across the road, there was an oak tree snapped in half completely and up the tree, the field had a lot of damage with bare twisted wood all the way along."
On Sunday, Lymington and New Milton police posted on their Facebook page that they were “currently dealing with multiple trees and power lines down in the New Milton, Ashley and Tiptoe areas due to recent severe weather.”
The Met Office has since confirmed it was not considered to be an official tornado but could have been a "funnel" cloud.
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A spokesperson said: "Neither of these videos shows a tornado. What they do demonstrate is the swirling air high up in the clouds, as well as the squally winds we get at surface level.
"Tornadoes are a column of air that spins and extends down from a cloud and touches the ground.
"Although there appeared to be plenty of swirling air in those videos, they don’t represent an official tornado.
"Wind gusts were high in the area last night though, with some exposed coastal areas seeing gusts in excess of 40mph.
"You’d need to visually see the tornado stretching down from the cloud and reaching the surface.
"There’s a chance one of those videos shows a funnel cloud, which is a similar thing but doesn’t reach the ground."
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