Tornado hits California as US storms bring snow and ice

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A tornado near a central California shopping center swept away cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital. In San Francisco, authorities issued the first-ever tornado warning.

Elsewhere, adverse weather hit parts of the United States, with dangerous conditions including heavy snow in upstate New York, a major ice storm in the Midwest states and warnings severe weather around Lake Tahoe.

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports that storms across the United States are bringing heavy snow, dangerous ice and a tornado to California.

The ice storm that began Friday evening created dangerous driving conditions in Iowa and eastern Nebraska Friday and Saturday and caused temporary closures of Interstate 80 after many cars and trucks slid off of the road. In upstate New York, more than 33 inches (84 centimeters) were reported near Orchard Park, which is often a landing spot for lake-effect snow.

On Saturday, a tornado touched down around 1:40 p.m. near a shopping center in Scotts Valley, California, about 70 miles south of San Francisco. The tornado overturned cars and toppled trees and utility poles, the National Weather Service said. The Scotts Valley Police Department said several people were injured and taken to the hospital.

In San Francisco, some trees fell on cars and streets and damaged roofs. The damage was caused by straight-line winds of 80 mph, not a tornado, weather service meteorologist Dalton Behringer said Sunday.

Roger Gass, a meteorologist at the weather service office in Monterey, California, said the warning of a possible tornado in San Francisco was a first for the city, noting that an early warning was not issued until the last tornado struck almost 20 years ago.

A cyclist looks at a large tree that destroyed power lines as it fell on Sylan Road in Monterey, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

A cyclist looks at a large tree that destroyed power lines as it fell on Sylan Road in Monterey, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

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A large tree branch crashed into a garage near Coe Avenue in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

A large tree branch crashed into a garage near Coe Avenue in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

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Workers remove a large fallen tree from a mobile home in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Workers remove a large fallen tree from a mobile home in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

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A truck is damaged after a large tree fell on a street in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

A truck is damaged after a large tree fell on a street in Seaside, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

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I guess there wasn't a clear signature on the radar for a warning in 2005, said Gass, who was not there at the time.

The fast-moving storm prompted residents to seek shelter, but few people own basements in the area.

Heavy snow fell at some Lake Tahoe ski resorts and a wind gust of 110 mph was recorded at Mammoth Mountain resort south of Yosemite National Park, according to the Reno weather service office. , in Nevada. Up to 36 inches of snow was forecast for Sierra Nevada peaks.

The weekend's Tahoe Live music festival at Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort in California went on as planned despite a snowstorm Saturday. Lil Wayne and Diplo were scheduled to perform Sunday, the festival's website said. The resort said it had received 1 meter of snow since Friday. An avalanche warning was in effect until at least Monday morning in the area.

Interstate 80 was closed Saturday along a 80-mile stretch from Applegate, Calif., to the Nevada line just west of Reno. The California Highway Patrol reopened the road in the afternoon to passenger vehicles equipped with chains or four-wheel drive and snow tires.

Severe weather in the Midwest has left at least one person dead. The Washington County Sheriff's Office in Nebraska said a 57-year-old woman died after she lost control of her pickup truck on Highway 30 near Arlington and struck an oncoming truck. opposite direction. The other driver was slightly injured.

Businesses announced plans to open Saturday evening, as temperatures rose enough in the afternoon to melt the ice in most locations.

A car gets stuck trying to navigate an icy Pacific street in freezing rain in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

A car gets stuck trying to navigate an icy Pacific street in freezing rain in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

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Ice accumulates on trees, grass and corn stalks in North Liberty, Iowa, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)

Ice accumulates on trees, grass and corn stalks in North Liberty, Iowa, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)

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Motorists travel on Interstate 380 in North Liberty, Iowa, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)

Motorists travel on Interstate 380 in North Liberty, Iowa, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)

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Fortunately, some warmer air is circulating behind that to make it temporary, said Dave Cousins, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Davenport, Iowa.

Tens of thousands of people in western Washington state lost power Saturday due to rain and gusty winds, local media reported.

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Associated Press journalists Olga R. Rodriguez in San Francisco, Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Julie Walker in New York, Becky Bohrer in Juneau, Alaska, and Scott Sonner in Reno, Nevada, contributed.

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