52 homes damaged in Monday's storm, tornadoes Northern California nearly breaks tornado record with 4
The continued wet weather could hit during Wednesday night's World Series opener at AT&T Park in downtown San Francisco. Austin Cross, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey, said most of the rain should clear out by late afternoon, leaving a 15 to 20 percent of a downpour during the game.
It was the highest number of tornadoes in one day since April Fool's Day in 1996, when five tornadoes flattened trees and barns near Stockton, Mathews said. California typically might experience one or two lower-grade twisters in a season, but the north state had 13 roar through in 2005, more than Oklahoma that year.
Most are less damaging and deadly than their Midwest counterparts.
The Yuba City tornado snapped a 2 ½ foot diameter tree at the Mallard Lake Golf Center and ripped up as many as 40 small walnut and peach trees in a nearby orchard, said John DeBeaux, Sutter County's emergency operations manager. It tore up a carport, tossed a powerboat into a neighboring field, and threw a 12 foot-by-14 foot garage door onto the roof of the Bonanza Feed store, he said.
The only injury was to a horse that suffered a minor cut on its nose from flying debris, he said.
The Central Sierra Snow Lab near Donner Summit reported more than 27 inches of snow, with light snow still falling Tuesday. About 16 inches of snow had fallen along Interstate 80 at Blue Canyon, at 5,200 feet in elevation.
The continued wet weather could hit during Wednesday night's World Series opener at AT&T Park in downtown San Francisco. Austin Cross, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey, said most of the rain should clear out by late afternoon, leaving a 15 to 20 percent of a downpour during the game.
It was the highest number of tornadoes in one day since April Fool's Day in 1996, when five tornadoes flattened trees and barns near Stockton, Mathews said. California typically might experience one or two lower-grade twisters in a season, but the north state had 13 roar through in 2005, more than Oklahoma that year.
Most are less damaging and deadly than their Midwest counterparts.
The Yuba City tornado snapped a 2 ½ foot diameter tree at the Mallard Lake Golf Center and ripped up as many as 40 small walnut and peach trees in a nearby orchard, said John DeBeaux, Sutter County's emergency operations manager. It tore up a carport, tossed a powerboat into a neighboring field, and threw a 12 foot-by-14 foot garage door onto the roof of the Bonanza Feed store, he said.
The only injury was to a horse that suffered a minor cut on its nose from flying debris, he said.
The Central Sierra Snow Lab near Donner Summit reported more than 27 inches of snow, with light snow still falling Tuesday. About 16 inches of snow had fallen along Interstate 80 at Blue Canyon, at 5,200 feet in elevation.
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