Hail, Mariposa
- When
- January 14, 2:25 PM PST to 2:39 PM PST
- Where
- Mariposa County, 4 mi NW of Hornitos
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.533, -120.283
Tornado and Hail in California, January 14, 2006
Quarter size hail with a funnel cloud that had indications of debris movement at the surface was reported by a weather spotter in the mid-afternoon on the 14th. The ground track and width are uncertain with the brief touchdown in a remote area of Mariposa County.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Quarter size hail with a funnel cloud that had indications of debris movement at the surface was reported by a weather spotter in the mid-afternoon on the 14th. The ground track and width are uncertain with the brief touchdown in a remote area of Mariposa County.
The radar
The San Joaquin Valley radar (KHNX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:23 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Mariposa
- When
- January 14, 2:25 PM PST to 2:39 PM PST
- Where
- Mariposa County, 4 mi NW of Hornitos
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.533, -120.283
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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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More
Every storm in California in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for California, 2006Warnings in California, January 2006
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: 5492040, 5492041.