WATCH: Video captures 'tornado' hitting home in Peterborough - as strong winds arrive out of nowhere

Video has captured the remarkable moment a ‘tornado’ appears to hit a home in Peterborough.

The incredible footage was recorded by Lucy Simons on Sunday afternoon at just before 3pm, when she was at home in Ravensthorpe.

She said she thought a tornado had hit, as ‘one minute it was calm and suddenly the wind picked up.’ She said she thought she could see ‘what looks like a tornado’ on the right hand side of the video.

Thankfully, it appears no significant damage was caused when the winds whipped up.

Meteorologist Trevor Pratt, from Peterborough Weather Watch, said he could not rule out the event being a tornado.

He said: “The video is a little bit to shaky to get a proper handle on what is happening. I have no local wind data available, but. It could be SLW, straight line winds, or a result of a gust front.”

He added that he wanted to see more weather data from the time, but said: “I’m not ruling out a weak tornado.”

Earlier this year there were reports of ‘tornadoes’ hitting Peterborough.

In May there were pictures of ‘funnel clouds’ over city streets taken by residents, as twister shaped phenomena appeared in the skies above Peterborough.

Speaking to the BBC at the time, Weatherquest meteorologist Dan Holley explained that funnel clouds are “quite common in slack, humid setups in the spring and summer months.”

The Met Office describes funnel clouds as ‘spinning fingers of cloud that reach towards the ground, but never touch it.’

Speaking to the BBC, Weatherquest meteorologist Dan Holley explained that funnel clouds are “quite common in slack, humid setups in the spring and summer months.”

The Met Office describes funnel clouds as ‘spinning fingers of cloud that reach towards the ground, but never touch it.’

While it is quite rare for British tornadoes to be intense enough to cause significant damage, it is not unknown.

Indeed, Peterborough has been hit by not one but two powerful tornadoes in its recent history: once in 2005, and then again just two years later in 2007.

On both occasions, the intense storms left significant structural damage in their wake.