Law enforcement observed a tornado over Biola, 9 miles west of Fresno, on Tuesday afternoon around 2:20 p.m. It was expected to be near Fresno and Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos around 2:40 p.m.<\/p>\n
When initially sighted, the tornado was moving northeast at 15 mph and was expected to cross Highway 99 south of Madera.<\/p>\n
A tornado warning was in effect for portions of Fresno and\u00a0Madera counties along Highway 99 on Tuesday afternoon. The warning lasts through 3 p.m., after being extended for 15 minutes. Caltrans cameras continued to look ominous around 2:45 p.m.<\/p>\n
The National Weather Service advised people in the tornado’s path to take cover immediately.<\/p>\n
“TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a\u00a0basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy\u00a0building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in\u00a0a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect\u00a0yourself from flying debris.<\/p>\n
Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you\u00a0cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either\u00a0park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down\u00a0in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.”<\/p>\n
Conditions remain right for isolated strong thunderstorms in the Central Valley through Tuesday evening. In an updated forecast, the NWS said a tornado or two was possible from roughly Yuba City to Fresno.<\/p>\n
It’s the second consecutive week that a tornado touched down in the Central Valley: A short-lived tornado touched down in the Central Valley last week. Spring is the most common time of year for tornadoes in the Central Valley.<\/p>\n
People residents can receive weather notifications in multiple ways:<\/p>\n
Local TV and radio stations routinely share official weather service watches and warnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Law enforcement observed a tornado over Biola, 9 miles west of Fresno, on Tuesday afternoon around 2:20 p.m.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[7,20,112,114,113,19],"class_list":["post-279201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-california","tag-climate","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}