1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Edwards AFB radar (KEYX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A cut-off low pressure center drifting over southwestern California spawned convection over the high deserts. Besides hail and gusty winds, one of the squall lines produced a funnel cloud near Hesperia, which was visible for some 20 miles.
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