Tornado touched down SoCal today

[Isaac]

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for parts of Southern California as the region is being pounded by wild weather including torrential downpours.

The weather service said at 4:38 p.m. Thursday that Doppler radar was tracking a tornado moving south near Moreno Valley.

The weather service issued a tornado warning for extreme southwestern San Bernardino County and west central Riverside County.

The storm earlier triggered mudslides in Orange County canyons that burned in last fall's wildfires.

Isolated downpours -- some bringing heavy bursts of rain -- hit parts of Los Angeles and Orange Counties today, prompting the National Weather Service to issue flash flood and severe thunderstorm warnings and forcing some evacuations in Orange County.

WTF is with the weather ?! 5 days ago it was over 90, sunny and clear; now it's 60, scattered thunderstorms, and tornado watches/warnings have been issued.

[innerSpaceman]

This is the End. My Friend.


Apox on Both Your Houses, Now!

[CoasterMatt]

I can't help but hear the music from the scene when Belloq opened the Ark...

[RStar]

The weather gods have been angered by all the celebratin'!

[Mousey Girl]

Once again the weather skips Bakersfield. Although I was woken up at 2am by a small crack of thunder. It has been quiet ever since.

[3894]

And most of you have no basement. Yikes.

People in the Midwest watch the skies for a change of color. If it gets "hawky" - a yellowy sky - conditions are favorable for a tornado.

[Moonliner]

I'm sorry, but that's a clear violation of the rules.

In SoCal your worries are supposed to be drought and the ground opening up under your feet swallowing you into oblivion. Tornado's are clearly out of bounds. Someone better be ready to answer for this outrage.

[BDBopper]

Wow! Incredible.

[BarTopDancer]

I woke up at 5am after dreams of more tornadoes touching down. I hate bad dreams.

What's weird is yesterday morning I said to myself "It looks like tornado weather". Erica can vouch, when I say something about having an earthquake, we generally do. So I was a bit freaked out when one actually touched down.

Originally Posted by 3894

And most of you have no basement. Yikes.

People in the Midwest watch the skies for a change of color. If it gets "hawky" - a yellowy sky - conditions are favorable for a tornado.

For some reason, the book Night of the Twisters has always stuck with me. They talked about the sky turning grenish. I was watching the sky to change color yesterday.

No basements. On the 2nd floor of an apartment building which is also the middle floor. No inside walled areas either. Closest thing is the half of the living room not next to the sliding glass door and bathroom. Both bacs up to the stairwell hallway. I guess that would be a safe area, since I'm on the middle floor. Safer than the bedroom at least.

Scary stuff!

[Alex]

Every single state in the country (even Alaska and Hawaii) has experienced
tornadoes.

Nobody is safe!

Just wanted to do my part to ease nerves.