EF0 tornado in Tulare County, California

A storm chaser intercepted a small tornado between Yettem and Seville on State Route 201. The tornado was on the ground for a minute or less and no damage was reported.

A warm plume of moist tropical air brought a very active period of weather to the area between the evening of March 20 and the evening of March 22. This resulted in widespread heavy rainfall across the area on March 21 and 22 which produced flooding at many locations with rock slides and debris flows closing several roads across the area. The most impacted areas being around Mariposa as a result of the Detwiler Fire burn scar and Springville as a result of the Pier Fire burn scar. In addition, thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of March 22 producing flash flooding at many locations as well as funnel clouds. A Flash Flood Emergency was issued for most of western Mariposa County where several buildings were flooded and some areas were evacuated. A small tornado briefly touched down near Dinuba in Tulare County. In addition, several feet of new snow fell above 9000 feet. Below the snow line, much of the Southern Sierra Nevada measured between 4 and 8 inches of rainfall while most of the San Joaquin Valley picked up between 1 and 3 inches of rainfall.