California, 1994Tornado in California, February 10, 1994
February 10, 1994 · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- 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.
Tornado, Butte
- When
- February 10, 2:28 PM PST
- Where
- Butte County, Oroville
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Coordinates
- 39.667, -121.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado formed behind a cold front and traveled through a housing subdivision in Oroville. A total of 47 homes were damaged. One home was destroyed while 25 others suffered major damage. The funnel of the tornado was spotted by many residents and several descibed a "noise like a freight train". A full sized motorhome was toppled and pushed forward several feet.
- 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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