A weak tornado generated by a powerful winter storm toppled several trees in southeast L.A. No damage or injuries were reported.
that arrived Thursday in Southern California felled a few trees on Thursday in Los Angeles County.
About 11:30 a.m., “a benign, short-lived vortex” brought down at least one tree in the southeast region of La Mirada, said Joe Sirard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. KTLA-TV footage showed where several trees had fallen in the path of the tornado. Weak tornadoes that are not strong enough to be classified under the Enhanced Fujita Scale are also called “land spouts, the land equivalent of a water spout,” he said.EF-0 is the weakest category, with wind speeds between 65 and 85 miles per hour. By comparison, the strongest category, EF-5, produces devastating wind speeds of more than 200 mph.
These vortexes are created when a cold, low-pressure system high in the atmosphere creates a spin in the air masses at low levels.Tornadoes in La Mirada are “somewhat rare but not unusual,” he added. “We get periodic situations across our area where atmospheric conditions are conducive to weak tornadoes [over land], water spouts [over the ocean].”
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