Southern California gets snow, rain and small tornadoes in a spring storm.
LOS ANGELES — An unseasonably cold storm coated Southern California mountains with snow, dumped heavy rain elsewhere and spawned two small tornadoes Thursday as spring struggled to shake the grip of anMore than 4 inches of new snow was reported on Mount Wilson, 15 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, the National Weather Service said.
Winter weather advisories were posted for mountain ranges across three counties. Forecasters said the highest peaks could end up with 14 inches. Most of the storm moved through Southern California overnight. But the weather service issued a late-morning warning for winds up to 50 mph and hail as a thunderstorm moved through Los Angeles County.
The weather service confirmed a “brief EF0 tornado” touched down Thursday morning near suburban Carson, and later said a second EF0 twister struck a few miles east of the first one in the Compton area. An EFO tornado is the lowest level on the“Based on broadcast media video, there was minor damage to buildings, vehicle damage from debris, and tree damage,” the weather service’s Los Angeles office said onTV reports showed some roofing torn from industrial and commercial buildings.
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