Tornado and Damaging Wind in California, January 7, 1993

Name: Tornado and Damaging Wind in California, January 7, 1993
Start: 1993-01-07T15:00
End: 1993-01-07T19:00
Location: California

January 7, 1993 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
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Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $55,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Events: 2

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, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Butte

When: January 7, 3:00 PM PST
Where: Butte County, Biggs
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.667, -121.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A barn roof was tossed 75 feet and 2 vehicles were damaged by the tornado.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madera, Merced and Fresno

When: January 7, 6:00 PM PST to 7:00 PM PST
Where: Madera, Merced and Fresno County
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 37.218, -119.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Gusts up to 50 mph in thunderstorms toppled trees in the Madera, Merced and Academy areas. A roof was blown off a shed in Academy (Fresno County). Pea sized hail damaged some crops in Madera and Fresno Counties.

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.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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

Every storm in California in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history The tornado archive for California, 1993 Warnings in California, January 1993

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: 10317175, 10316833.