California, 1993

Tornado in California, January 14, 1993

January 14, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$500,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Los Angeles

When
January 14, 1:40 AM PST
Where
Los Angeles County
Rating
F1
Path length
2 mi
Path width
33 yd
Property damage
$500,000
Coordinates
34.198, -118.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A strong wind in association with an intense rain storm, ripped through a small section of the city. At least 50 trees were uprooted. Three houses and two cars were damaged.

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

More

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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: 10316842.