EF0 tornado in Santa Barbara County, California

Tornado March 21, 2023 · Santa Barbara County, California

EF0

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

25 yd

Path width

Injury

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A weak tornado developed in the community of Carpinteria. The EF0 tornado impacted the area near the intersection of Highway 192 and Cravens Lane. In a mobile home park, 26 homes were damaged. Also, several powerlines were blown down. One injury was reported.

The wider storm

Another strong winter storm impacted Southwestern California. The storm brought winter storm conditions the local mountains with snowfall totals of 2 to 4 feet and southerly winds gusting in excess of 80 MPH. Other areas also experienced some strong winds. Additionally, scattered thunderstorms developed across the area, spawning two weak tornadoes.

Began near Carpinteria (34.4167, -119.5389).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Los Angeles County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1091239. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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