Home › California › Stanislaus

EF0 Tornado — Stanislaus, California

2016-04-27 · near Waterford, Stanislaus, California

$500

Property damage

0.1 mi

Path length

5 yds

Path width

Event narrative

An EF0 tornado with swirling debris was observed near Hickman elementary school by a Sheriff's deputy and several members of the public. A large eucalyptus tree was uprooted, a shed was moved off its foundation and pushed into a fence, and a green house was damaged.

Wider weather episode

A weather system resulted in thunderstorms developing across the Southern Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin valley and adjacent foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The storms resulted in half inch hail deep enough to cause slick road conditions, and slight damage to a carport. Lightning struck a tree, causing a portion of it to split off. An EF0 tornado was also observed that uprooted a eucalyptus tree and moved a shed off it's foundation.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (37.6233, -120.7560)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 633013. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.