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Tornado in Tehama County, California

Tornado January 3, 2025 · Tehama County, California

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Not rated

0.8 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Between approximately 5:18 pm and 5:21 pm local time on Friday a trained spotter and area webcam footage showed a brief tornado about 8 miles northeast of Dairyville in an unpopulated area of Tehama County. There were no damage or injury reports. The determination is that this was an EF-U (unknown) tornado that touched down for approximately 3 minutes with a path length of approximately 0.8 miles and unknown peak wind.

The wider storm

A storm system in early January brought along widespread rain, heavy mountain snow, gusty winds, thunderstorms, and a tornado to interior Northern California on January 3rd. Chain restrictions and periods of road closures were observed by Sierra mountain passes including US Highway 50 and Interstate 80. The tornado touched down briefly in a rural, unpopulated area of Tehama County and no damage or injuries occurred, and was rated an EF-U.

Began near Dales (40.3400, -122.0900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1226545. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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