Trees fell onto cars, a home and onto the road as a result of the wind, which reached its peak at about 10am.

A resident on Reynolds Street had a tree fall onto their home and two cars that were in the driveway, causing minor damage to the home.

There was also a car crushed by a tree at a car park in Horwood Street.

State Emergency Service deputy unit manager Mark Crichton said the service attended several call outs including one to the coke ovens at OneSteel where part of a roof had lifted off.

Mr Crichton said most of the call outs were minor, some including loose sheets of tin on roofs blowing away and tree branches falling onto roads.

Police issued a statement yesterday morning claiming they received numerous calls from members of the public requesting assistance as a result of strong winds and storm damage including several fallen trees and traffic hazards.

The Whyalla City Council also attended numerous call outs.

The Bureau of Meterology issued a severe weather warning for Whyalla and surrounding areas early on Tuesday morning before the storm hit.

The fastest wind was recorded at 10.08am when it reached 70km/h with a gust of 115km/h.

The temperature also dropped and 1mm of rain fell.

At 9.46am the temperature peaked at 22.7C before dropping almost 9C to 13.9C at 11am.

The severe weather warning was cancelled at 4.13am yesterday.