01/24/08 DISC: CA

[Dann Cianca]

0315 POINT MUGU VENTURA CA 3409 11906 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER AT POINT MUGU NAS TOWER OBSERVED A TORNADO MOVING OVER THE AIRFIELD ABOUT ONE QUARTER MILE FROM THE TOWER. TORNADO WAS BACKLIT WITH NEAR HORIZONA

Anyone heard anymore information on this tornado?

 

[Tony Laubach]

Only what you've posted... funny thing, I was born at that base!

 

[Gerrit Gulden]

There were 2 additional Tornado Warnings to the South from this Report. I monitored the weather by radar due to having family in the warned area and didnt see anything to be concerned about. I believe the concern came from Rotation indicated on the 2 storms that prompted the warnings and also the fact that Waterspouts were highly expected with a 2% tornado probability straight from the SPC. I imagine the Tornado reported was initially a waterspout and made it on land. But cant confirm this.

-gerrit

 

[Paul Knightley]

We sometimes have similar situations here in the UK with tornadoes initially forming out to sea and then moving inland.