{"id":279587,"date":"2026-04-22T02:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/279587\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T02:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:45:21","slug":"national-weather-service-issues-tornado-warning-in-madera-fresno-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/279587\/","title":{"rendered":"National Weather Service Issues Tornado Warning in Madera, Fresno Counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Update at 3:47 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office shared the original report of the tornado came in around 2:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A resident in the county portion of Kerman reported a funnel cloud that may have briefly touched down near the intersection of\u00a0 Biola and Belmont avenues.<\/p>\n<p>The resident reported no damage, and said they would notify the National Weather Service. Dispatchers also relayed the report to NWS.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No additional issues have been reported at this time. CalFire, who has jurisdiction over Fresno County, also said that they did not receive a call to service.<\/p>\n<p>Update at 3:10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service has ended the tornado warning, the website shows.<\/p>\n<p>Clovis Unified schools were placed under a shelter-in-place order due to the tornado warning. District officials confirmed the shelter-in-place has since been lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Update at 2:57 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A tornado warning has been issued Tuesday for south central Madera County and northwestern Fresno County until 3 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n<p>Officials confirmed a tornado on the ground near Biola, about 8 miles northwest of Fresno, at 2:37 p.m. moving northeast at 15 mph. The original warning was set to end at 2:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service said the tornado is a \u201cdamaging tornado\u201d confirmed by law enforcement, warning that flying debris poses a danger to anyone without shelter, and that mobile homes may be damaged or destroyed along with possible roof, window and vehicle damage, and likely tree damage.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-243858 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-tornado-warning-issued-by-the-National-Weather-Service-on-Tuesday-April-21-2026.-Google-1-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"A tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Google)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>A tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Google)<\/p>\n<p>Note: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k59DGfzvdD0&amp;time_continue=0&amp;source_ve_path=NzY3NTg&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fgvwire.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The video shows the Fresno skyline during the tornado warning.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Original Story<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service said Tuesday a tornado warning is in effect until 2:45 p.m. for the area, with officials confirming a tornado hit the ground in 8 miles west of Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that the tornado would arrive near Fresno around 2:35 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This warning is for southwestern Madera County and Central Fresno County.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-243845 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-tornado-warning-issued-by-the-National-Weather-Service-on-Tuesday-April-21-2026.-Google-1024x576.j.jpeg\" alt=\"A tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Google)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>A tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (Google)<\/p>\n<p>The agency advised residents to take shelter immediately in basements or interior rooms.<\/p>\n<p>Those outdoors, in mobile homes, or in vehicles were urged to move to the nearest substantial shelter and protect themselves from flying debris.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update at 3:47 p.m. The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office shared the original report of the tornado came in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-279587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279587","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=279587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}