EF0 Tornado — Sutter, California

2014-03-26 · near Pleasant Grove, Sutter, California

0.6 mi

Path length

25 yds

Path width

Event narrative

An EF0 tornado touched down in a field just south of Nicolaus at approximately 5:17pm and lasted a duration of a couple minutes. No damage was reported from the tornado besides swirl marks on the ground.

Wider weather episode

A trough over the eastern Pacific dropped southward over the region bringing a series of shortwaves across interior Northern California. These shortwaves brought enough instability and moisture to produce tornadic supercells to interior NorCal. One tornado was reported on March 25th and five tornadoes were reported on March 26th. The trough also brought heavy snow to the Northern Sierra Nevada and Western Plumas County, mainly Wednesday and Wednesday night (March 26) with snow levels dropping to 4000-5000 ft.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (38.8051, -121.5339)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 508192. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.