Tornado, Marin
- When
- December 23, 10:00 AM PST to 10:10 AM PST
- Where
- Marin County, Tomales to 2 mi E of Tomales
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 38.250, -122.930
Tornado in California, December 23, 1996
This storm began over the ocean as a water spout that moved in land. It distroyed a large barn and 1o large eucalytus trees, and 5 telephone poles.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MTR wrote it up.
This storm began over the ocean as a water spout that moved in land. It distroyed a large barn and 1o large eucalytus trees, and 5 telephone poles. It also ripped the roof off another house. Afarmer was in the barn when it was blown over but he was not injured. At least two other waterspouts were reported as well as heavy rain and small hail in the tomales bay area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 23, 1996
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, December 23, 1996
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 23, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, December 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, December 23, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Tornado in California, December 23, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for California, 1996Warnings in California, December 1996
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: 5575573.