A wild 15-second storm has created incredible “war zone” type damage and destruction at a country Queensland race club.

There were apocalyptic scenes at Warwick, 130km southwest of Brisbane, as Wednesday night’s storm madness tore the roof off the clubhouse and destroyed the bookmakers’ ring.

The running rail crashed down around the entire track, the roof was smashed off the toilet block, the storage shed for race day barriers and other equipment was flattened and the race day stalls sustained major damage.

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The club, which races 12 times a year, had been due to race on Friday but the local committee on Thursday instead sprung into action to start repairs.

A 165kmh wind gust was recorded at Leslie Dam near Warwick and multiple homes in the town had their roofs blown off, with powerlines down everywhere.

Racing Queensland chief executive Lachlan Murray made the two-hour drive from Brisbane to inspect the damage and was stunned by the incredible scenes.

An overnight storm caused extensive damage to the winning post and running rail at Warwick Turf Club’s Allman Park racecourse. Picture: Ben Dorries

“To be honest, it’s a warzone,” Murray told Racenet.

“It is worse than I was expecting.

“But this club has shown they have got great resilience.

“The committee is out here and they have rolled the sleeves up, they are just cracking on with the clean up job.

“Whatever we need to do, we will throw heaven and earth at getting them up and running again and insurance will play a role in that.”

Warwick Turf Club president Eric Standing said there was only 15-20 seconds of storm mayhem, but that was enough to shred a lot of the facilities at the club.

The Warwick Turf Club’s barrier shed was completely demolished in a freak storm at the town overnight. Picture: Ben Dorries

Thankfully, the track itself was not damaged.

There was no power on Thursday morning but everyone pitched in to help start repairs.

“The first we knew was when we got a message from the neighbours across the road that the roof was missing off the clubhouse,” Standing said.

“The main damage was our big barrier shed, which was a complete write off.

A freak storm caused significant damage to the Warwick Turf Club’s clubhouse, with much of the roof ripped off. Picture: Ben Dorries

“The neighbours told our track manager this morning that there was 15-20 seconds at the most of carnage and then it was all over.

“We were meant to race on Friday, but we obviously aren’t now.

“We have got our next race meeting on Boxing Day and I’ll be very surprised if we are not up and running by then.”

Severe storm damage is seen at the Warwick Turf Club’s betting ring at Allman Park racecourse. Picture: Ben Dorries

While Warwick Turf Club copped the brunt of the storm mayhem, other southeast Queensland racing clubs including Ipswich and Beaudesert were facing repairs.

Brisbane Racing Club has felt the effects of this week’s storm with damage spread across both Eagle Farm and Doomben.

At Eagle Farm, the running rail was flattened and Stradbroke Plaza was littered with tree branches and debris from signage blown loose by strong gusts of wind.

At Doomben, blue scrim shielding horses’ vision of the construction site for the next stage of Bernborough Ascot retirement village was torn to shreds and scattered across the course proper.

The sustained winds felt across both courses shifted heavy furniture many metres from their original location, toppling heavy plant boxes and fencing.