EF0 tornado in Los Angeles County, California

Tornado March 13, 2025 · Los Angeles County, California

EF0

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

80 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 80 yards (0.05 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 brief, weak tornado developed in the community of Pico Rivera in Los Angeles county. The short-lived tornado uprooted several trees, knocked down numerous branches and caused some roof damage.

The wider storm

A late-season winter storm brought numerous weather hazards to Southwestern California. Rainfall totals generally ranged between 0.50 and 1.50 inches across coastal areas up to 4 inches in the mountains. Winter storm conditions developed in the mountains with snowfall totals up to 18 inches and southerly wind gusts up to 77 MPH. Thunderstorms, associated with this system, brought some reports of flooding as well as a weak tornado.

Began near Pico (33.9948, -118.0837).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1268543. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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