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Tornado warning in effect for Tehama County, Calif.; between Redding and Corning. (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Jan 2016 OP
Couple of DUers live that way ghostsinthemachine Jan 2016 #1
Not unusual? laundry_queen Jan 2016 #3
We have winter in CA you know? ghostsinthemachine Jan 2016 #4
Okay, I'm sorry, I'm totally LMAO laundry_queen Jan 2016 #5
Not too uncommon ghostsinthemachine Jan 2016 #6
Tornadoes not as uncommon in CA as you might think ghostsinthemachine Jan 2016 #7
I don't think they are uncommon for your area laundry_queen Jan 2016 #14
They're not exactly uncommon in interior Northern CA but they tend to be rather weak. LeftyMom Jan 2016 #12
Someone's olive tree is gonna git it XemaSab Jan 2016 #15
Thanks for the info! Iliyah Jan 2016 #2
There can be tornados in California??? Odin2005 Jan 2016 #8
There can be tornados anywhere in the world, they are just rare nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #10
Yes. It might help to check the link somebody posted above, LeftyMom Jan 2016 #13
Be safe. Xolodno Jan 2016 #9
Last El Nino I was a rescue worker in TJ nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #11

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
4. We have winter in CA you know?
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 08:10 PM
Jan 2016

Even had a tornado in Folsom a couple of weeks ago. I lived in a house in Folsom that was hit by a tornado back in the eighties. So out in the valley, not too unusual.

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
5. Okay, I'm sorry, I'm totally LMAO
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 08:16 PM
Jan 2016

That "winter" means "tornadoes" (that totally tickles this Canadian's funny bone - that's summer over here)

I'm saying tornadoes, in general, are not exactly 'common' in California. Just like they aren't common where I live. I get that they happen (just like an F4 happened where I live when I was 12. In July.) but it doesn't mean it's 'usual'.

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
14. I don't think they are uncommon for your area
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 01:12 AM
Jan 2016

You don't have to convince me. I'm a bit of a storm chaser (by proxy) and I get it. I know there are mini-tornado alleys everywhere. However, when I use the term 'usual' I'm not talking about 'for the area'. For instance, tornadoes are not uncommon 'for my area' in July. But realistically, tornadoes (especially F4s) are pretty rare in my area in general especially if you were to compare it to the midwestern US in, say, May. Do you see what I'm trying to say? we are talking semantics now so I'm going to bow out.

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)
12. They're not exactly uncommon in interior Northern CA but they tend to be rather weak.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 11:49 PM
Jan 2016

The geography here doesn't really lend itself to powerful ones. So there will be one up in some north valley town that consists of two trailer parks, an Indian casino and a WalMart, and if it's a real monster it'll take out eight feet of rickety fence and a backyard shed. On the ground and helicopter footage of shed bits in a field will lead the local news.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
10. There can be tornados anywhere in the world, they are just rare
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 11:46 PM
Jan 2016

in California and usually they start as water spouts.

This though is inland.

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)
13. Yes. It might help to check the link somebody posted above,
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 12:43 AM
Jan 2016

particularly the map.

The poster immediately above is leading you badly astray: the area in question is an inland glacial plane and is as likely to be effected by a waterspout as by a sharknado. Southern Californians and coastal dwellers tend to forget that most of the state is north and inland.

Xolodno

(6,330 posts)
9. Be safe.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 11:44 PM
Jan 2016

During the last El Nino I was moving my Fiance to So Cal from Oregon. The rain got so hard after Redding we opted for a hotel. Next day...saw massive flooding and got through the I5 on one lane at times. We've been married for 17 years. And ironically, love seeing the rain here in So Cal. Can kind of guess where were we are going to retire..

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
11. Last El Nino I was a rescue worker in TJ
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 11:47 PM
Jan 2016

this one, we are working media...

I laugh, since pretty much to get to a scene, same skill set.

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