Tornado, Kern
- When
- November 22, 3:43 PM PST to 3:50 PM PST
- Where
- Kern County, Bakersfield to 9 mi ENE of Bakersfield
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -118.850
Tornado in California, November 22, 1996
Path of this tornado was over barren ground with no damage reported. It was observed to travel its 2 miles and marked by dust and vegetative debris.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
Path of this tornado was over barren ground with no damage reported. It was observed to travel its 2 miles and marked by dust and vegetative debris. A funnel cloud had been reported to have dissipated by FAA Tower personnel before the delayed report of this tornado was received. Rotation not detected by the HNX WSR-88D as the radar beam at this location was approx. 7000 AGL. Reflectivity maximum in the area was at 60 dBz.
The radar
The Los Angeles radar (KVTX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 UTC.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, November 22 to 24, 1996
- Tornado in Arizona, November 22, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, November 22, 1996
- High Wind in California, November 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Utah, November 22, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, November 22 to 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in California, November 22, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 22 to 23, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for California, 1996Warnings in California, November 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: 5578424.