BBC article - full text
A tornado warning has been issued for the first time ever in San Francisco, as thunderstorms swept through the region, toppling trees and causing major power cuts. The advisory was issued just before 06:00 local time (14:00 GMT) on Saturday for northern San Mateo County and parts of downtown San Francisco. The storm caused power outages for more than 221,000 people across Northern and Central California, according to the PowerOutage website.
The city last saw a tornado in 2005, though that struck without any clear radar signature, so no warning was issued in that case, National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist Roger Glass told AP news agency. More than one million residents were woken on Saturday morning in San Francisco and its suburbs to alerts on their mobile phones, warning them to "take shelter now". Winds of up to 60mph (96km/h) ripped through the area, the NWS said.
But a few minutes later, NWS Bay Area said the warning was over and the storm had moved out of the city's downtown. Authorities were assessing the damage to determine if a twister had occurred. Nearby San Mateo County was last issued a tornado warning in 2011. NWS Bay Area warned that residents should still steer clear of the seaside over the weekend, with a coastal flood advisory in place until Monday.
San Francisco's tornado alert came just a week after the city saw its first ever tsunami warning The brief advisory was issued for northern California and southern Oregon following a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit off the northern coast of the state. It was later rescinded, and no injuries were reported.
A tornado actually touched down in Scott's Valley, which is like an hour south of SF. Very not normal. Flipped a bunch of cars
Volume up for the most Californian narration you will ever hear in your life
Who was it that said roughly the following?
Climate change will first be something you see as more and more disasters in the news, then some of the influencers you follow will post it happening to them, then some of your own personal friends and family will post similar videos, then it will be you posting a video as it happens to you?
I do not know who said it, but yeah it's been like that. I've lived in various parts of the west coast so I've been seeing floods, massive waves destroying the coasts, forest fires...Pretty much every year with my own eyeballs or through my friends and family.
Multiple years in a row I've been either in a level 3 evacuation zone or just a couple of miles outside of one. Ash covered cars, blood red sun. Got so sick from smoke exposure I had to stay in bed for a couple days.
I love capitalism
holy shit. saw some pics on r/tornado earlier that looked like just some scary clouds but hadn't seen this footage yet!
this is a legit little stovepipe with visible debris. truly some interesting times
Yeah, a lot of the videos just seem to make it look like a bad storm but it was legit. Do you know if there had been predictions of tornados in the area for the past few days or anything?
pretty sure it was entirely unwarned and there was nothing to suggest the possibility in NOAA's convective outlook.
another good short video of the twister
the fact that there seem to be so many people who were down to just chill 100 feet away from a fucking tornado is wild to me, I would be pissing my pants
but did the tornado take milley road to get to the 101 or did it hold off until merrick ave?
probably stopped at coffee cat for a little pick-me-up on the way to flippin more cars
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