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KamaAina

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Mon Nov 16, 2015, 01:28 PM Nov 2015

Tornado strikes Central California town, damages homes

http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Possible-tornado-struck-Central-California-town-6634480.php

A rare tornado struck a Central California town on Sunday, tearing roofing and walls, knocking down trees and power lines and damaging gas lines.

The National Weather Service said video and witness reports confirm a tornado touched down in Denair, about 13 miles southeast of Modesto, shortly before 2 p.m....

The Modesto Bee (http://bit.ly/1j2QoSk ) said the twister swept along nearly a mile of Zeering Road, toppling trees and fences, breaking windows and ripping off part of a church roof....

"What I thought was a bunch of birds was a bunch of debris" being carried by the funnel cloud heading their way, she told the Bee.


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Tornado strikes Central California town, damages homes (Original Post) KamaAina Nov 2015 OP
Prayers and hoping everyone is ok. Iliyah Nov 2015 #1
The NWS called it an EF-1, so wind speeds (3s gusts) would have been 86-110 mph petronius Nov 2015 #2
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