There was some wild weather over the weekend in Yolo County as residents in the Woodland and Davis area experienced a tornado and hailstorm.
The twister occurred Saturday around 6:40 p.m., right after the National Weather Service sent out an emergency tornado warning that included the message "take cover now."
A Tornado Warning has been issued for thunderstorm to the north of Davis. This storm is moving to the SE at 15 mph. Take shelter now if you are near this storm! #CAwx pic.twitter.com/4OTKfkt7Wh
— NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) September 29, 2019
Daniel Swain is a climate scientist at UCLA who attended UC Davis. He says people might be surprised to learn that California gets 10 to 12 tornadoes a year.
Got #tornadoes on the mind? 🌪️🤔🧠 We've got some #tornado statistics for northern #California for you! #cawx #norCal pic.twitter.com/S0wdg17dPi
— NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) September 30, 2019
"Definitely an unusual event but not necessarily an unprecedented one," Swain said. "It was certainly a well-documented one. I think [it] resulted in some pretty incredible imagery."
My husband @Poolmanh20 was also in the same area and took this video pic.twitter.com/mkkdjNfivE
— Tina⚾️ (@h20cheermom) September 29, 2019
The National Weather Service says the tornado was an EF-0, its lowest rating, and estimates winds topped out around 75 mph. No damage was found or reported.
The storm that spawned the tornado also brought a quick hitting hailstorm which left Highway 113 between Davis and Woodland looking like it was covered in snow.
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