{"id":286241,"date":"2026-04-26T01:52:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/286241\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T01:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:52:33","slug":"nws-hanford-confirms-three-tornados-near-biola-clovis-and-atwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/286241\/","title":{"rendered":"NWS Hanford confirms three tornados near Biola, Clovis and Atwater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Three <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/video-two-tornadoes-touched-down-in-fresno-and-madera-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tornados were confirmed<\/a> Tuesday afternoon after a National Weather Service storm survey team assessed damage in parts of the Central San Joaquin Valley.<\/p>\n<p>The tornados were <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/tornado-warning-issued-for-fresno-and-madera-counties-until-3-pm-nws-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">confirmed between 2:10 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. <\/a>by a Storm Survey Team from NWS Hanford made up of meteorologists Brandolyn Baeza, Alex Cooke, and Kris Mattarochia.<\/p>\n<p>The damage happened near Biola and Clovis in Fresno County, and Atwater in Merced County.<\/p>\n<p>NWS Hanford thanked the public, law enforcement, media, emergency managers, and first responders for sharing information that helped make the assessment possible.<\/p>\n<p>Tornado near Biola, CA<\/p>\n<p>Rating:                 EF-0<\/p>\n<p>Estimated Peak Wind:    70 mphPath Length \/statute\/:  50 yardsPath Width \/maximum\/:   5 yards2:10 &#8211; 2:12 p.m.Tornado 8.5 mi NE of Clovis, CA<\/p>\n<p>Rating:                 EF-1<\/p>\n<p>Estimated Peak Wind:    95 mphPath Length \/statute\/:  0.5 milesPath Width \/maximum\/:   75 yards5:09 &#8211; 5:16 p.m.Tornado 2.5 miles W of Atwater, CA<\/p>\n<p>Rating:                 EF-1<\/p>\n<p>Estimated Peak Wind:    110 mphPath Length \/statute\/:  0.5 milesPath Width \/maximum\/:   100 yards3:30 &#8211;  3:39 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>There have only been 3 days with 3 or more tornados in our area since 1955. Also, there have only been 3 days with multiple EF\/F-1 tornados.<\/p>\n<p>EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>EF0 &#8211; 65 to 85 mphEF1 &#8211; 86 to 110 mphEF2 &#8211; 111 to 135 mphEF3 &#8211; 136 to 165 mphEF4 &#8211; 166 to 200 mphEF5 &#8211; &gt;200 mph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Three tornados were confirmed Tuesday afternoon after a National Weather Service storm survey team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-286241","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\/286241","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=286241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}