Tornado, San Diego
- When
- November 10, 9:30 AM PST to 9:33 AM PST
- Where
- San Diego County, 1 mi E of Poway
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $73,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.950, -117.017
Tornado in California, November 10, 2000
Small hail preceded the tornado. " Several residents observed the funnel passing overhead, moving from west to east.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $73,000
- 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 SGX wrote it up.
Small hail preceded the tornado. One resident reported hearing an "eerie, low-moaning sound." Several residents observed the funnel passing overhead, moving from west to east. The debris path and the opposing direction of fall of two uprooted cypress trees also supported cyclonic rotation. Several roofs had composite shingles, clay tiles, and underlying sheathing pulled off. Wooden fences were blown down. One small car and one full-size pickup were lifted and moved 2-4 feet sideways.
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:29 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Kansas, November 10 to 11, 2000
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, November 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, November 10, 2000
- Heavy Rain in New York, November 10, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, November 10 to 11, 2000
- High Wind in North Carolina, November 10, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 10 to 11, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Connecticut, November 10, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, November 10, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Rhode Island, November 10, 2000
- High Wind in Delaware, November 10, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for California, 2000Warnings in California, November 2000
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: 5160219.