Montebello tornado

The National Weather Service confirmed a rarity: a tornado hit the city of Montebello, California Wednesday as severe weather continues in the state.

Inspectors checked 17 buildings in the area, and 11 of them were red-tagged as uninhabitable, according to the fire department. The NWS also confirmed a tornado on Tuesday hit the city of Carpinteria in Santa Barbara, where several mobile homes were damaged, with estimated winds of up to 75 mph. ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2023/03/22/wednesday-winter-weather-forecast/11518098002/) The National Weather Service about 8 p.m. The tornado hit Wednesday at about 11:20 a.m. [rare weather event](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2023/03/22/wednesday-winter-weather-forecast/11518098002/).

A tornado touched down in Montebello on Wednesday, damaging several buildings and leaving a trail of destruction, the National Weather Service confirmed.

An EF-1 rated tornado ripped through Montebello at about 11:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, leaving 17 buildings damaged when winds ranging between 86 miles per ...

"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. This is the first recorded instance to actually affect a city since 2014, when a "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.

Extended coverage: An apparent tornado touched down in Montebello, ripping the roofs off several industrial buildings, and scattering debris onto cars.

The damage appeared to be centered around the building of the Royal Paper Box Company. Gas and electric companies were called to the scene because of damage to utility lines. Inspectors checked 17 buildings in the area, and 11 of them have been red-tagged due to the damage suffered in the storm, according to the fire department.

At least one person was injured after a rare tornado hit a city just southeast of Los Angeles Wednesday, local officials said.

An atmospheric river is like a fire hose that carries saturated air from the tropics to higher latitudes, dumping relentless rain or snow. The service rated it as an EF-0, with winds of 75 mph. The video zooms in on a mass of dark gray clouds consuming the sky and tapering down toward land. They are commonly referred to as landspouts (similar to a waterspout, but over land). On Tuesday evening, a weak tornado hit a mobile home park in Carpinteria – a seaside city northwest of Los Angeles, the weather service confirmed Wednesday. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/djavim/status/1638607293813260289) one person who shared a video of the storm.