The Emergency Broadcast System just announced a tornado warning for San Mateo County (N.Cal)

[bluesbassman]

Severe thunderstorm and tornado warning.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Ok that is definitely NOT tornado alley

take cover if any are there, in the innermost room you got, a bathtub usually is recommended.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

2. yeah right. A Tornedo of dillatants.

Please, San Mateo?

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. You think the NWS is lying?

they do happen OUTSIDE tornado alley, but I am sure in your wisdom you knew that.

[pinboy3niner]

11. A tornado struck near Stockton yesterday

Local news in L.A. aired video. Here's an AP report I found:

Meteorologist: Tornado near Stockton not unusual
The Associated Press
Published: Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2012 - 9:05

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The National Weather Service says the tornado that struck five miles outside of Stockton on Wednesday was not unusual for this time of year.

The twister on farmland near Interstate 5 left a path of damage about a mile long. The Record of Stockton reports (http://bit.ly/Ia6Oyh) that it shredded a wood-frame shop, tipped over a big-rig trailer and sent shards of aluminum siding across more than an acre of land.

...


http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/11/4407948/forecasters-say-tornado-touched.html#storylink=cpy

[RandySF]

4. WTF??

Thunder in San Francisco.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. More energy in the atmosphere due to the increase in global temperatures

will produce weird and strange weather.

Paraphrase of the words of the Mexican National Weather Service after the weird hailstorm down there.

[zappaman]

7. I remember that hailstorm dumped 6 feet of hail!

I wish I knew as much about science as you,
Thanks for the info!

[bluesbassman]

6. Sounds like further down the peninsula. So. SF, Daly City, San Mateo.

Keep safe.

[Luminous Animal]

13. Crazy. It is rattling my entire building. There has been nothing like this in the 25 years I've

lived here.

[NYC_SKP]

8. Thunderstorms and hail for two days in a row, and a funnel cloud yesterday.

Yup.

[bluesbassman]

10. Apparently one ripped the roof off a small building this morning.

There was a tornado alert this morning, but it was called off by mid-day. They just called for on again. Crazy weather.

[Luminous Animal]

9. The thunder is so intense in San Francisco it is shaking my 3 floor building.

We rarely get thunder storms here. My cat is totally freaked out.

[bluesbassman]

12. Poor thing. I'm over in the tri-valley, we'll be getting it in a half hour or so.

My dog will be freaking out too.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

14. It's raining at a good pace in the north bay, but there's not a lot of wind here at the moment n/t

.

[HangOnKids]

18. Wow that Rain Really Poured For A Spell

Dribbling now, no thunder.

[Starry Messenger]

15. If you don't hear from me tomorrow, send in the search dogs.

Damn, and I always tell people how boring it is here. o.O

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. It could not be that bad

where I need to alert the search teams

[Starry Messenger]

19. It seems to be passing actually. I've heard there's a lightning fire in Millbrae

which is up the road about a mile. Thank you for the the lightning is pretty intense, and people who live in states with real weather are making fun of the rest of us on Facebook, lol.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. We collectively made fun of the East Coast

Over a certain shaker...

If I were up there I would have to be out in that muck covering it. Need...to...get...a...cheap....scanner.

[zappaman]

25. Well, that's what journalists/storm chasers do, eh?

I'm sure it would be a great front page article.
Suffice it to say, someone's gotta do it!

[Starry Messenger]

31. Your posts are like watching an old man rub himself against a stop sign.

Take a hike.

[zappaman]

32. "Your posts are like watching an old man rub himself against a stop sign."

Stop watching me.

[grasswire]

16. keep us posted as you can

Stay safe out there, peeps.

[Ecumenist]

20. WTF??!! My best friend lives in East Palo Alto and this is NOT tornado alley by any means. Oh no,

there's nothing to climate change, of course not.

[RandySF]

21. I moved here in part to get away from tornados.

There is nothing more frightening than be caught driving when one is nearby. Happened to me on I-94 just outside Jackson, Michigan. Wind buffeting the car. Hail beating down on my windshield and raining so hard I could not see. I thought I was living my last moments on Earth. I hope we don't see too much of this in the future.

[Blue_In_AK]

23. Is that normal?

I never heard of any tornadoes when I lived down in those parts.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. No...this is way out of tornado alley.

[zappaman]

26. Depends on what your definition of "normal" is

Historically, they do occur from time to time...
http://www.homefacts.com/tornadoes/California/San-Mateo-County/San-Mateo.html

[pinboy3niner]

28. One report says: 389 tornados in CA since 1950

Since records have been kept, though, no one has ever been killed by a tornado in CA. Stockton's tornado yesterday was rated EF-1 by NWS.

http://www.news10.net/video/default.aspx?bctid=1557675829001

[sakabatou]

27. We've got rain and a few bolts here

But tornado?

[Left Coast2020]

30. Yes its true.

I lived in Sacramento in 04-05 and there were two or three twisters in the area--perhaps a third as a funnel cloud. I remember that time well. It struck me as bazzar that tornadoes would be in this part of the country. One was near W.Sac postal distribution station and one in Natomas. I think the funnel cloud was in Natomas too. Don't remember the damage result, but there was some in the form of missing roofing material. I believe prior to my first trip to China in 06 there was another report of tornado either near Sac. airport or Yuba City. Seems that someone told me there was funnel cloud reports while I was gone. Yeah. weird this is happening in Nor-CAl.

So yes, welcome to Tornado alley West(sorta).

[bluesbassman]

29. Definitely moving East. We're getting high wind and thunder now. n/t

[FourScore]

33. That's weird. n/t