Residents in Lassie Avenue, Windsor Gardens, have been left to pick up the pieces after a freak storm cell has damaged 12 houses and brought trees down in the street.

Adelaide has experienced rainy, windy conditions for most of the morning, but nothing like the conditions that seemed to have focused on the Lassie Avenue residents.

One resident, Ardis, said she was in the kitchen and almost ready to leave for work when she heard a huge bang.

She walked outside and described the scene as something like a tornado had passed through.

"It's actually destroyed a caravan and taken part of the front of the house down too.

"It's been quite selective in what area it has done the damage."

She said the family next door had just been evacuated from a unit next door due to extensive roof damage.

The SES are attending to a reported 12 houses in the street.

75-year-old Bill Rix has lived in the street since 1956.

His house has been extensively damaged in the storm, and he is fearful his home will have to be demolished due to the damage.

ETSA and SES crews are working to restore services and repair homes.