Ilya Neyman
EF1
Huge cold-core upper low with its circulation covering just about half of the contiguous US set off several intense thunderstorms across southern California this afternoon.
Storms became severe around Pasadena and in the Inland Empire, but the talk of the town tonight is the amazing tornado, actually two of them, that were spawned near March Air Force Base and the Perris area late this afternoon in Riverside County.
Tornado warnings were issued, and then re-issued several times as the intense storm moved southward across the Inland Empire.
Check out the obs from March AFB, just SE of Riverside. Personnel on base first noticed/reported the developing tornado! It's not every day you see an ob like this in southern California, especially in May!
22 May 4:55 pm 59 49 70 E 23G36 10.00 +FC -TSRA BKN033 998.0 29.46 27.862 T 67 57 OK
22 May 4:50 pm 61 48 63 ESE 30G36 10.00 +FC TSRAGR SCT025 OVC035 29.45 27.852 OK
22 May 4:44 pm 61 48 63 E 12G16 10.00 +FC TSRAGS SCT025 OVC038 29.46 27.862 OK
22 May 4:38 pm 61 46 59 NNE 9 10.00 -TSRA SCT030 OVC039 29.46 27.862 OK
22 May 4:30 pm 61 46 59 N 8 10.00 +FC TS FEW025 BKN037CB OVC100 29.45 27.852
The +FC stands for an observed TORNADO!
There is A LOT of footage of this thing, photos and video keep coming into newsrooms. Here are a few:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/gallery?section=weather&id=6159474&photo=5
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/gallery?section=weather&id=6159474&photo=10
http://www.instantriverside.com/riverside-news/inland-empire-news/tornado-warning/2008/05/22/
You can actually see there are TWO tornadoes simultaneously on the ground!
The tornado moved across the 215 Freeway where it flipped over a big rig and then de-railed a train, toppling boxcars right off the tracks.
Here is a link to view the amazing photos taken from cars that were stopping on the 215 just after the tornado crossed! The 5th and 6th pics over actually show the tornado AS IT IS DERAILING THE TRAIN!!
http://www.knbc.com/slideshow/news/16369832/detail.html
INCREDIBLE! This is definitely some of the most amazing California tornado footage I've ever seen. No doubt, these videos/photos will be studied by the NWS for some time to come!
That thing looks like a tornado from the High Plains!
Baldwin Park, a city just 10 miles east of downtown L.A. had hail covering the ground several inches deep! Flooding, mudslides and debris flows occurred in Orange County. Oh yea, this is all after the morning SNOW in the mountains!!
What a day!
Storms became severe around Pasadena and in the Inland Empire, but the talk of the town tonight is the amazing tornado, actually two of them, that were spawned near March Air Force Base and the Perris area late this afternoon in Riverside County.
Tornado warnings were issued, and then re-issued several times as the intense storm moved southward across the Inland Empire.
Check out the obs from March AFB, just SE of Riverside. Personnel on base first noticed/reported the developing tornado! It's not every day you see an ob like this in southern California, especially in May!
22 May 4:55 pm 59 49 70 E 23G36 10.00 +FC -TSRA BKN033 998.0 29.46 27.862 T 67 57 OK
22 May 4:50 pm 61 48 63 ESE 30G36 10.00 +FC TSRAGR SCT025 OVC035 29.45 27.852 OK
22 May 4:44 pm 61 48 63 E 12G16 10.00 +FC TSRAGS SCT025 OVC038 29.46 27.862 OK
22 May 4:38 pm 61 46 59 NNE 9 10.00 -TSRA SCT030 OVC039 29.46 27.862 OK
22 May 4:30 pm 61 46 59 N 8 10.00 +FC TS FEW025 BKN037CB OVC100 29.45 27.852
The +FC stands for an observed TORNADO!
There is A LOT of footage of this thing, photos and video keep coming into newsrooms. Here are a few:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/gallery?section=weather&id=6159474&photo=5
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/gallery?section=weather&id=6159474&photo=10
http://www.instantriverside.com/riverside-news/inland-empire-news/tornado-warning/2008/05/22/
You can actually see there are TWO tornadoes simultaneously on the ground!
The tornado moved across the 215 Freeway where it flipped over a big rig and then de-railed a train, toppling boxcars right off the tracks.
Here is a link to view the amazing photos taken from cars that were stopping on the 215 just after the tornado crossed! The 5th and 6th pics over actually show the tornado AS IT IS DERAILING THE TRAIN!!
http://www.knbc.com/slideshow/news/16369832/detail.html
INCREDIBLE! This is definitely some of the most amazing California tornado footage I've ever seen. No doubt, these videos/photos will be studied by the NWS for some time to come!
That thing looks like a tornado from the High Plains!
Baldwin Park, a city just 10 miles east of downtown L.A. had hail covering the ground several inches deep! Flooding, mudslides and debris flows occurred in Orange County. Oh yea, this is all after the morning SNOW in the mountains!!
What a day!
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