There was a tornado in Sacramento?????

[angelwing]

I was checking out the severe warnings page and saw this:


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 458 PM PDT TUE JUN 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COLUSA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MAXWELL... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SUTTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 530 PM PDT * AT 450 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEAR MAXWELL...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COLUSA BY 515 PM PDT... SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3934 12221 3910 12220 3908 12191 3932 12193

[Category 5]

SPC makes no mention of it.

Thats certainly an odd location though.

[Aslkahuna]

Colusa is rather north of Sacramento. Tornadoes do occur on occasion in the Central Valley of CA though June is not normally a month for them to occur.

Steve

[angelwing]

Oh ok Steve, it's just you don't hear about them much out here

[Aslkahuna]

Well, they do tend to be underreported as CA does get about a dozen or so tornadoes each year with the hot spots being the Central Valley and coastal SoCA in the Winter and an occasional one in the deserts during monsoonal moisture surges in the Summer.

Steve

[SamSagnella]

Here's an interesting analysis of a well-publicized tornado event in the Sacramento area in February 2005.
http://tornado.sfsu.edu/SacTornado/SacTornado.html

There are numerous awesome photos of the event including this Sacramento Bee pic of a tornado as seen from the airport.