Tornado in California

2023 - 3 - 22

Post cover — Image courtesy of "The Washington Post"

Damaging tornado strikes just east of Los Angeles (The Washington Post)

Hazardous weather of practically every form has walloped California this week. On Wednesday, the same storm system that blasted the San Francisco and ...

The National Weather Service office in Los Angeles [said in a bulletin](https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=lox&issuedby=LOX&product=PNS) that it dispatched crews to survey the damage in both Montebello and Carpinteria to determine whether tornadoes touched down and assign damage ratings. [issued a bulletin](https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=lox&issuedby=LOX&product=PNS) stating that the Carpinteria tornado was rated an EF0 on the 0-to-5 scale for intensity and produced winds up to 75 mph. [video showed](https://twitter.com/RyderChristNews/status/1638414128669917184) that a weak twister spun up in Carpinteria, a small seaside city in Santa Barbara County. It drew moist air over Southern California that helped feed the pop-up thunderstorms in the region Wednesday. — just eight miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Hazardous weather of practically every form has walloped California this week.

Los Angeles area hit by rare tornado (CNN)

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.

A Tornado in California? Find Out How Common They Are and How ... (NBC Southern California)

Shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday, an EF-1 tornado was registered in a town in Toulumne County, as confirmed by the National Weather Service (NWS), in Sacramento.

- In a vehicle: Being inside of a vehicle during a tornado is not safe. Make sure each family member knows what to do or role they have in the case of an emergency. According to the NWS, tornadoes in California occur mainly in the spring and fall, and their magnitudes usually do not exceed EF-3 strength, that is, 165 mph. The scale was adopted in 2007 and was a revision from the original Fujita Scale. NWS data indicates the first recorded tornado in the state was a F-1 tornado that touched down on May 17, 1949, 10 miles northwest of Fresno County. Saturday, an EF-1 tornado was registered in a town in Toulumne County, as confirmed by the National Weather Service (NWS), in Sacramento.

National Weather Service confirms tornado hits Southern California ... (USA TODAY)

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/).

Tornado in California? Here's how common they are and where they ... (FOX 11 Los Angeles)

The National Weather Service confirmed a "weak" tornado hit Carpinteria in Santa Barbara County Tuesday night. They are currently in Montebello assessing ...

Check the [Weather-Ready Nation](https://www.weather.gov/wrn)for tips. A tornado watch is issued when tornadoes are possible in or near a specific watch area, it serves as a message to be prepared. The size and/or shape of a tornado is no measure of its strength. If you are unable to make it to a safe shelter, either get down in your car and cover your head, or abandon your car and seek shelter in a low lying area such as a ditch or ravine. The best course of action is to drive to the closest shelter. The scale was adopted in 2007 and was a revision from the original Fujita Scale. This area of the country has been nicknamed "tornado alley." The warning was later canceled and the [Ventura County](https://www.foxla.com/tag/us/ca/ventura-county) Sheriff’s Office tweeted there was no evidence a tornado touched down. [Ventura County ](https://www.foxla.com/tag/us/ca/ventura-county)for the cities of Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, and Camarillo the previous night. Supercell tornadoes (or wedges) are generally the biggest and most destructive twisters. It doesn't happen often, but it has occurred before, according to the [National Weather Service.](https://www.weather.gov/) Wednesday night, the NWS confirmed that the tornado that struck down in Montebello Wednesday was an EF1, which typically have wind speeds between 86 and 110 miles per hour.

Small tornado in California leaves cars and buildings damaged (WION)

In southern California, United States, the ongoing "winter weather drama" took a wilder turn as a tornado on Wednesday tore through the city, ripping roofs ...

The two storms, as per the weather agency, had winds of up to 85 miles an hour. The two storms, as per the weather agency, had winds of up to 85 miles an hour "The tornado took off the roof of the building.

The most recent tornadoes to touch down in Los Angeles County ... (KTLA)

The most recent tornadoes to touch down in Los Angeles County, according to NWS ... A tornado touched down in Montebello late Wednesday morning, damaging several ...