Friday, March 28, 2014

California is not tornado ally.

TRENTON, Mo. -
At least four homes have been damaged in northwest Missouri as violent weather packing high winds, funnel clouds and at least one tornado swept across the state.

POSTED: 09:14 PM CDT Mar 27, 2014 

Hail and heavy rain (click here) also pelted parts of the state beginning Thursday afternoon, but no injuries were reported by early evening.
A trained spotter for the National Weather Service reported a tornado on the ground for six miles in the Trenton area of northwest Missouri's Grundy County. Emergency management said a house near Tindall lost its roof, and a road and bridge barn in the town was heavily damaged.
In nearby Daviess County, emergency management said high winds damaged two homes in Jameson and a mobile home in Winston.
Tornado sirens blared in parts of central Missouri as the storms moved eastward....

4:47 PM PDT Mar 27, 2014

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —The National Weather Service (click here) has confirmed a Roseville neighborhood was hit by a tornado on Wednesday evening -- and preliminary reports show it's an EF-0, but still on the higher end, with strong winds ripping through the area.

An EF-0 is classified by wind speeds of 65 to 85 mph.
Glenn County experienced official EF-0s, as well. Some minor damage has been reported southwest of Chico.


The morning kicked off with showers, and then the clouds broke. Rain, thunderstorms and funnel clouds were reported well into the evening hours....


A storm cloud at Pleasant Grove Boulevard in Roseville (March 26, 2014) Alan Blaich/KCRA