Strongest Winter Storm in at least 140 years hitting the SW USA (tornadoes, record)

[txsizzler]

Link:

Wunder Blog : Weather Underground

Interesting article!

Thoughts?

[deneb78]

That's pretty amazing... It looks like they are getting our intense wet winter weather in California that we normally get in the PNW. Here in Vancouver, we've had a few powerful rain/windstorms over the years that have knocked down trees and powerlines and caused some flooding. I always thought tornadoes on the California coast are fairly rare due to more stable airmasses in general. Hopefully the damage wasn't too severe.

[ilovehuskies]

Tornadoes on the California coast are rare but Pineapple Express storms spawn them from time to time in central and southern California.

I don't think these were the worst storms so much as that California and the SW saw the lowest barometric readings on record this year. A similar event took place in 2005.

Living on the pacific coast almost guarantees a series of damaging Pineapple Express storms every few years.