Tornadoes aren't that common here, but they DO occur!I remember once heading to Davis for a YPT show (spring of 2002?) and pulling off I-80 at the west end of the Yolo Causeway in order to watch a funnel cloud travel from Davis to Woodland. I thought - "Oh, the humanity!" - but the funnel didn't touch ground until it reached uninhabited territory near Willows.
Another time, I was at work, and the lights flickered. I prudently saved my spreadsheet, unaware that tornado was thrashing its way through power lines near Cal Expo. (Keith H. was near the touchdown point and related how freakish it was, with all the roof damage and noise.) There was even a second tornado a few weeks later, and another funnel cloud SE of Davis in March, 2006. So, tornadoes DO occur here, but infrequently, and usually not strong (although even the weakest tornadoes can kill):
SHINGLE SPRINGS, Calif. (CBS13) — A tornado with wind speeds of more than 100 miles per hour rolled through two miles of El Dorado County on Tuesday, damaging a commercial building, power lines, and a number of helpless trees.
The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday night that the funnel clouds spotted by numerous witnesses was an EF-1 tornado, the second-lowest rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
High winds ripped part of the roof off of a construction office near Latrobe Road and threw it hundreds of feet away just after 1:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Witnesses said they spotted one funnel cloud in El Dorado County amid heavy hail when another formed just south of Shingle Springs.
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