Tornadoes in California, December 11, 1992

Name: Tornadoes in California, December 11, 1992
Start: 1992-12-11T13:15
End: 1992-12-11T18:50
Location: California

December 11, 1992 · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Del Norte

When: December 11, 1:15 PM PST
Where: Del Norte County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 23 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 41.750, -124.200

Tornado, Monterey

When: December 11, 6:45 PM PST
Where: Monterey County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 36.680, -121.770

Tornado, Fresno

When: December 11, 6:50 PM PST
Where: Fresno County
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 36.650, -119.770

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 1992 Every state in 1992 This day in weather history The tornado archive for California, 1992 Warnings in California, December 1992

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9991317, 9991318, 9991319.