Tornado: Why did San Francisco get a warning, but not Scotts Valley?
The tornado never touched down in San Francisco. But the conditions in the atmosphere with wind speed and direction were right, said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for National Weather Service in the Bay Area. “San Francisco got lucky,” he said.
Why didn't Scotts Valley receive a Tornado Warning? Here's what National Weather Service says
The day of the tornado, the National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning in San Francisco, a tornado there never happened. Later in the day, Scotts Valley residents received a warning, but not a Tornado Warning on the EF1 twister.
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"It was a miracle no one was killed in this event," Scotts Valley Vice Mayor Derek Timm said to a news station Sunday.
A rare tornado struck Scotts Valley, just south of the Bay Area, overturning cars, damaging trees and knocking out power with an estimated peak winds of 90 mph.
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