Tornado: Why did San Francisco get a warning, but not Scotts Valley?
The tornado never touched down in San Francisco. But the conditions in the atmosphere with wind speed and direction were right, said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for National Weather Service in the Bay Area. “San Francisco got lucky,” he said.
Why didn't Scotts Valley receive a Tornado Warning? Here's what National Weather Service says
On Saturday, the National Weather Service issued the first-ever Tornado Warning in San Francisco, a tornado that never happened. But later in the day, Scotts Valley residents received a warning, but it was not a Tornado Warning on the EF1 twister.
"It was a miracle no one was killed in this event," Scotts Valley Vice Mayor Derek Timm said to a news station Sunday.
A tornado touched down in the Northern California town of Scotts Valley near Santa Cruz Saturday afternoon, flipping cars and ...
On Saturday, meteorologists with the National Weather Service went to San Francisco to assess storm damage, then pivoted to ...
An apparent tornado touched down in a small Northern California city Saturday, flipping cars, causing significant damage and ...
The tornado created a path of damage down Mount Hermon Road, around the Scotts Valley Shopping Center, for about five ...
Inclement weather plagued the country, and in San Francisco, authorities issued the first-ever tornado warning.
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