NSBNEWS.net photos by Jeanette DiCara.
Pete Johnson of New Smyrna Beach looks at blown insulation covering the outside of his home like snow, with pieces of the roofing twisted on his side balcony, following a small tornado that touched down on the beachside just after 1:30 p.m. Saturday A tarp was placed on Johnson's Sandpiper Avenue home a short time later. Below, roofers begin repairs about two hours after the tornado touched down.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A small tornado touched down on the beachside just after 1:30 p.m., damaging the roof of a couple of homes on Sandpiper Avenue and Laurel Bay Drive, but no injuries were reported, New Smyrna Beach officials said.
"The roof of a home at 707 Sandpiper was damaged," City Commissioner Jack Grasty told NSBNEWS.net. "A garbage dumpster was moved about 75 feet into a car, but there wasn't much other destruction."
Pete Johnson, who lives at 717 Sandpiper, said he was inside when he felt the house shake. "I think it came in from the west, then hit my (roof) and then (continued) down to A1A," Johnson said.
Jason Dux, who lives on nearby Laurel Bay Circle said he received an urgent call from a friend:
"He told me to get home right away because the shingles were coming off my roof," said the 33-year-old homeowner at 740 Laurel Bay Circle.
Twelve-year-old Haley Hughes, who lives up the street, said the tornado was fast and loud. "I heard thunder, then wind and then I heard a train noise," she said.
NSBNEWS.net blogger Jeanette DiCara of Edgewater contributed to this story.
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