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Offline WeatherHost

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Certainly NOT Something You See Every Day.
« on: March 01, 2014, 11:39:19 AM »
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA 
324 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A 
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR... 
  EAST CENTRAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA... 
 
* UNTIL 400 AM PST 
 
* AT 319 AM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WALNUT...OR 
  10 MILES WEST OF POMONA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. 
 
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT POMONA AND AZUSA DURING THROUGH 4 AM       
  PST.   
 

Also:

1120   100   3 W DIAMOND BAR    LOS ANGELES    CA   3401   11787   1 INCH HAIL OBSERVED BY AN OFFICIAL NWS OBSERVER FROM THE CITY OF WALNUT.


Offline Harryca

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Re: Certainly NOT Something You See Every Day.
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 03:02:19 PM »
And a funnel cloud near Woodland (close to Sacramento) which prompted a tornado warning.

Woodland [Yolo Co, CA] TRAINED SPOTTER reports FUNNEL CLOUD at 6:25 PM PST -- FUNNEL CLOUD WITH LOWERING CLOUD BASE CROSSING INTERSTATE 5 EAST OF WOODLAND MOVING TO THE NORTH. SPOTTER ESTIMATED FUNNEL WAS APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET OFF THE GROUND.

STO: STO issues Tornado Warning for Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo [CA] till 7:00 PM PST * AT 624 PM PST...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 9 MILES SOUTH OF KARNAK...OR 6 MILES EAST OF WOODLAND NEAR INTERSTATE 5...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IS POSSIBLE.

My tornado/severe t-storm warnings page has gotten quite a bit of attention the last couple of days, which I hadn't expected, especially from folks in Southern CA.  I even added storm reports just for California.

http://ucweather.org/stormauto.php