tornado

  • Tornado touches down in Northern California

    On Jan. 3,  the first tornado of the year occurred in Paynes Creek in Tehama County, California. After a large thunderstorm with high winds, these conditions caused a tornado to develop between 5:18 to 5:21 p.m.  Since there were no injuries or damage in Tehama, the tornado was not rated, so it is labeled…

  • Severe tornado rips through Los Angeles

    Severe tornado rips through Los Angeles

    Although tornadoes are most common in the Great Plains area of the United States, which have the ideal conditions for the formation of a severe thunderstorm, people living in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas are no strangers to uncommon weather patterns in recent years. This past March, Montebello, a city near LA, was…