California, 1994

Tornado and Hail in California, March 10, 1994

March 10, 1994 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 1 tornado, 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
  • 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
$550,000
Crop damage
None recorded
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 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Shasta

When
March 10, 3:30 PM PST to 4:30 PM PST
Where
Shasta County, Old Shasta
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$50,000
Coordinates
40.764, -122.040 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail caused minor damage in the Redding area. At Old Shasta, hail was reported to be three inches deep following the storm.

Tornado, Butte

When
March 10, 7:30 PM PST
Where
Butte County, Oroville
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
30 yd
Property damage
$500,000
Coordinates
39.667, -121.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A resident saw the tornado illuminated by a lightning strike as it uprooted trees in his neighborhood. The falling trees damaged houses, and knocked out power lines.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 10316544, 10317264.