Montebello

Multiple vehicles and buildings were damaged from flying debris stirred up by the wind. The Royal Paper Box Co. building in the 1100 block of Maple Ave. shows ...

"Sometimes the pieces of the puzzle that come to a tornado, or significant weather event aren't seen in advance. According to NWS, it is capable of producing a weak tornado or strong downburst winds. If any one of those things were to hit a human being, that would cause a lot of damage," said Deanno. Wednesday, the NWS said it was tracking a strong thunderstorm near West Covina, moving northeast at 15 mph. "However, if we look over a broader area of Southern California, or California in general, we do tend to see a number of tornadoes occur really each year, especially in the winter or early spring time, when strong Pacific storm systems move on shore and create favorable conditions." "it was very dark and it was a very intense cell that moved through the area. "The whole sky looked like a dump." "At any place in California, a tornado is very highly unusual," Dr. "From our windows here at city hall, there was an extreme amount of rain, a lot of wind," he said. We see the damage is extensive and many people are affected by it." "Our hearts go out to everyone who was impacted by the severe weather today. Wednesday causing damage to a mostly industrial part of town.