California, 1994

Tornado in California, August 12, 1994

August 12, 1994 · 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
$1
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, Riverside

When
August 12, 1:00 PM PST to 1:30 PM PST
Where
Riverside County, Valle Vista
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$1
Coordinates
33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tornado touched down causing tree to smash into the living room of a home in Valle Vista, just East of Hemet. Several other reports of funnel clouds around Hemet, with trees uprooted and utility poles blown over. A trailer was also destroyed.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 10316614.