F2 Tornado — Santa Clara, California
1998-05-05 · near Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California
1
Injuries
$3.8M
Property damage
0.6 mi
Path length
100 yds
Path width
Wider weather episode
A Tornado touched down in the Chevy Chase residential area of Sunnyvale, CA near Hwy 85. The storm survey assessed the Damage to 15 home and a large chucrch as a mininimal F2.. One woman was injured when struck by flying debris. The storm was well documented on a video shot by a person from their backyard. The storm appears to be rotating anticyclonically from this video. This storm apparently developed from thunderstorms that developed in the lee of the Santa Cruz mountains over the W Santa Clara Valley.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5645837. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.