Re: Tornado Warning

TORNADO WARNING
CAC019-039-190000-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
324 PM PST MON JAN 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD CA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FRESNO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FRESNO...CLOVIS...
SOUTH CENTRAL MADERA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...

* UNTIL 400 PM PST

* AT 323 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FRESNO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3706 11963 3688 11945 3662 11989 3676 12004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 231DEG 28KT 3675 11988

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JMB

Anyone you know actually seen a tornado in California? Not a waterspout, a tornado

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Vince
Anyone you know actually seen a tornado in California? Not a waterspout, a tornado

Saw the damage from one that jumped over my house once.

http://www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/catorn.htm

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Old Dude

Yes, about 15 years ago, I saw a tornado hit Mt. Vaca (Vacaville -- between Sacramento and the bay area; the peak is about 3,500ft) when the tornado was forming, it looked like a big black, crooked finger reaching down from the the cloud, so that it was a very narrow funnel. WHen the tornado touched down on the mountain top, it looked like an explosion had occurred.

B

My brother saw one a few years ago in Boulevard, CA (eastern San Diego mountains). They have dust devils frequently there in the summer but this was a full-fledged tornado, not long lived, threw junk hundreds of feet in the air.

Some of those dust devils are HUGE. WHile driving through the desert, one crossed the road and it really shook up the truck. I watched it move across the open desert and it sucked up dirt and debris hundreds of feet; however, the whole process was much more gradual than the explosive force of the tornado.

My favorite Tornado Web site:

http://www.chaseday.com/



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/19/2010 06:43PM by Bee.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
128 PM PST TUE JAN 19 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTMINSTER...TUSTIN FOOTHILLS...
TUSTIN...STANTON...SEAL BEACH...SANTA ANA...IRVINE...HUNTINGTON
BEACH...FULLERTON...COSTA MESA...ANAHEIM...

* UNTIL 200 PM PST

* AT 121 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO BETWEEN
NEWPORT BEACH AND HUNTINGTON BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A
WATERSPOUT WAS SIGHTED AT 102 PM MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE COAST.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1
INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3359 11793 3361 11798 3374 11811 3375 11811
3388 11800 3394 11795 3394 11793 3374 11758
3358 11790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 238DEG 26KT 3368 11797

$$

SMALL/ATKIN