CALIFORNIA TORNADO STATISTICS

 


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California Tornado Statistics

  • 303 tornadoes from 1950 through 2004

    ~ F0 tornadoes: 168  (55%)
    ~ F1 tornadoes: 76  (25%)
    ~ F2 tornadoes: 21  (7%)
    ~ F3 tornadoes: 2  (1%)
    ~ Unknown F ranking: 36  (12%)
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  • Injuries:  85
  • Deaths: 0

Source: NCDC Storm Events database

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California Tornadoes by County

  Total F0 F1 F2 F3 F?
Alameda 3 3        
Alpine 0          
Amador 0          
Butte 0          
Calaveras 1         1
Colusa 0          
Contra Costa 4 4        
Del Norte 6 3 2     1
El Dorado 1 1        
Fresno 23 15 6 1   1
Glenn 3 1 1 1    
Humboldt 1     1    
Imperial 6 4 2      
Inyo 0          
Kern 10 9 1      
Kings 8 5 1 1   1
Lake 0          
Lassen 0          
Los Angeles 41 21 9 5   6
Madera 8 5 2     1
Marin 1   1      
Mariposa 1 1        
Mendocino 3 1 1     1
Merced 12 7 4     1
Modoc 0          
Mono 0          
Monterey 4 2 2      
Napa 0          
Nevada 0          
Orange 28 14 9 1 1 3
Placer 4 3 1      
Plumas 0          
Riverside 9 5 2   1 1
Sacramento 4 1 2 1    
San Benito 1     1    
San Bernardino 27 12 6 2   7
San Diego 20 12 7     1
San Francisco 0          
San Joaquin 15 11 2     2
San Luis Obispo 2 2        
San Mateo 3 2       1
Santa Barbara 3 2       1
Santa Clara 5 2 1 2    
Santa Cruz 4 2 2      
Shasta 0          
Sierra 0          
Siskiyou 1   1      
Solano 2 2        
Sonoma 11 2 6 1   2
Stanislaus 7 1 3 1   2
Sutter 0          
Tehama 6 1   2   3
Trinity 0          
Tulare 11 9 1 1    
Tuolumne 0          
Ventura 3 3        
Yolo 0          
Yuba 1   1      

Totals

 303 168 76 21 2 36

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