A tornado touched down in the Northern California town of Scotts Valley near Santa Cruz Saturday afternoon, flipping cars and knocking down power lines, according to authorities.

Tornado alley it's not, but a section of California was hit Saturday with a rare tornado that has been blamed for injuring five and flipping vehicles as a storm moved across the state.

Myrl Wallace gets his Ford F-150 truck towed after a rare tornado touched down and flipped his pickup into a bank of trees in Scotts Valley on Saturday. A rare tornado touched down in Santa Cruz County on Saturday, toppling cars and forcing residents to take cover, as a fierce, wind-fueled storm pummeled most of Northern California.