HONOLULU -- The twister was described as a weak tornado by the National Weather Service, but it did injure one man and damaged property.

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People who live in Kapolei said they felt shock and fear as they saw the tornado touch down and suck debris up into the atmosphere.

"And when I looked up in the sky all I could see was debris way up I mean it was very high that you could not imagine what was up there," said resident Deanna Baker. "I was scared because I never experienced."

Baker was at home in Kekuilani Villas when the tornado struck. She said she was amazed at how things were thrown around.

"It was just swirling in circles and the wind was very strong," Baker said.

All over the region people recorded the tornado on cell phones. Some pictures, taken by Kapolei High School creative media students, showed funnel clouds.

Witnesses said an entire aluminum yard set was thrown picked up and over the fence and glass from a table ended up a hundred yards away.

A maintenance man swept up the former table top, while another resident tried to reinstall his window screen.

"It just got really dark and windy and rainy and everything was whipping around branches falling down. I guess the windows and everything started to pop out," said Kekuilani resident Darryl Nakasone.

The tornado had marched across Kapolei golf course to the townhouse complex. The golf course evacuated patrons when they saw the twister forming.

"I guess it was fear. I guess you can't describe it any other way. I was more worried about the customers and a 250-pound assistant pro tried to help golfers hanging onto their carts," said Kapolei Golf Course manager Ken Terao. "But when the wind came right through here he said it lifted him up and threw him back and so he hit his head on the glass."

Assistant pro Neil Bernard was treated and released from Hawaii Medical Center West.

The golf course reopened, but workers will have to repair a lot of minor damage to landscaping and buildings.