Was there a rare tornado warning issued in California?”
HuffingtonPost.com: Orange County Tornado: Strong Storm, Rare Twister Strike Los Angeles, California A rare Orange County tornado officially touched down today in California, just outside Los Angeles, according to the National Weather Service, along with four water spouts and winds of up to 80 mph. Experts are still analyzing what took place, but the Los Angeles Times confirmed that a storm “with tornado-like strength pounded the Southern California coast” this afternoon. Witnesses reported seeing a tornado touch down in Sunset Beach, lift boats out of the water and come on shore.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A rare tornado warning was issued for Los Angeles Tuesday as a storm slammed into southern California, dumping heavy rain and snow across the region and leaving thousands of homes without power. National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Kittell said a strong storm moving in from the Pacific Ocean and packing winds of around 60 miles per hour had triggered the tornado alert. “We don’t have any physical evidence of a tornado, but our radars indicated it is spinning rapidly so there’s a good chance of a tornado at the surface,” Kittell told AFP. Powerful storm fronts developing at sea often weakened by the time they made landfall, Kittell cautioned, admitting that tornado alerts in sun-baked California were “pretty rare.” “We do get them from time to time but they are pretty rare,” he said. The storm rolling into southern California on Tuesday followed a similar weather front which deluged the region 24 hours earlier. Authorities placed hillside communities on alert
A rare tornado warning was issued for Los Angeles Tuesday as a storm slammed into southern California, dumping heavy rain and snow across the region and leaving thousands of homes without power. National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Kittell said a strong storm moving in from the Pacific Ocean and packing winds of around 60 miles per hour had triggered the tornado alert. “We don’t have any physical evidence of a tornado, but our radars indicated it is spinning rapidly so there’s a good chance of a tornado at the surface,” Kittell told AFP. Powerful storm fronts developing at sea often weakened by the time they made landfall, Kittell cautioned, admitting that tornado alerts in sun-baked California were “pretty rare.” “We do get them from time to time but they are pretty rare,” he said.
