Twister Touch Down Confirmed In Ijamsville, MD

IJAMSVILLE, Md. (WUSA) -- Chain saws could be heard up and down Ball Road and Ijamsville Road Saturday afternoon.

It's the signature sound of cleanup in the aftermath of tornadoes. The twister carved a destructive path through the town of Ijamsville where folks are shaken.

Kevin Carson said, "It sounded like the roof was coming off which it was."

Kevin Carson grabbed his dog and hit the floor.

Kevin Carson, a tornado victim, said, "I was hoping it was not taking me out of the house."

Adam Shapiro tells a similar story as he ran down to the basement yesterday afternoon.

"I was literally looking up expecting the house to be gone," said Shapiro.

The twister uprooted and snapped hundreds of trees like twigs.

Shapiro said, "It sounded like trash cans banging overhead."

Deborah Dewitt Brunink headed for cover as well.

"I drove straight for the hay field and debris was following me," says Brunink.

Brunink's was one of the hardest hit properties in the area losing four outhouses including a cement barn, which crumbled in the face of 100 mile per hour winds.

She said, "I was distraught to see the trees and walked around to see the barn it was sad to see it just decimated. It can be rebuilt. No one was hurt."

Carson said, "What's done is done. Put it back and go on."

The National Weather Service says the twister that hit Ijamsville was a category EF-1 tornado. There were no reports of injuries. The Frederick County emergency management team is still assessing the total damage amount done by the twister.