A tornado touched down in the Northern California town of Scotts Valley near Santa Cruz Saturday afternoon, flipping cars and knocking down power lines, according to authorities.

Tornado alley it's not, but a section of California was hit Saturday with a rare tornado that has been blamed for injuring five and flipping vehicles as a storm moved across the state.

A rare tornado touched down in Santa Cruz County on Saturday, toppling cars and forcing residents to take cover, as a fierce, wind-fueled storm pummeled most of Northern California. One more storm is expected Monday to rake across the region, including Sacramento, before conditions improve, according to forecasters.

A tornado touched down in Santa Cruz County on Saturday, downing trees and flipping over cars, the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office confirmed after surveying the scene. At 1:39 p.m. on Saturday,

Tornado alley it's not, but a section of California was hit Saturday with a rare tornado that has been blamed for injuring five and flipping vehicles as a storm moved across the state.

A video recorded in Scotts Valley, California, on Saturday, shows the aftermath of an EF-1 tornado that ripped through the community as an atmospheric river storm was slamming the West Coast. The video shows cars and other vehicles that were flipped like toys while power lines and other debris litter the landscape.