California, 1995

Tornado in California, June 26, 1995

June 26, 1995 · 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
None recorded
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.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Kern

When
June 26, 4:50 PM PDT to 4:58 PM PDT
Where
Kern County, Edwards Air to Force Base
Rating
F0
Path length
2 mi
Path width
17 yd
Coordinates
35.343, -118.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A severe thunderstorm spawned a small tornado which was visible from Edwards Air Force Base moving slowly southeast. Air Force personnel saw dust and vegetation being sucked into the vortex as it moved across an open field.

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: 10316857.