879
NWUS56 KLOX 050257
LSRLOX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
..SUMMARY
CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
757 PM PDT THU MAY 4 2023
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0845 AM TORNADO 2 WSW COMPTON 33.88N 118.26W
05/04/2023 LOS ANGELES CA BROADCAST MEDIA
UPDATES INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS TORNADO
REPORT FROM 2 WSW COMPTON. THIS WAS THE
FIRST OF TWO TORNADOES IN THE LOS ANGELES
AREA FROM THIS MORNING. BRIEF WEAK TORNADO
OCCURRED THIS MORNING BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHIC
AND VIDEO EVIDENCE IN THE CARSON-COMPTON
AREA. CONCENTRATED SHORT PATH OF MINOR
DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS, VEHICLE
DAMAGE FROM DEBRIS, AND TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE
OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF AVALON
BLVD. AND E. WALNUT ST. VIDEO TAKEN OF
SWIRLING DEBRIS BENEATH UPDRAFT BASE OF
THUNDERSTORM. DEGREE OF DAMAGE SUGGESTS
75-MPH EF0 TORNADO.
0856 AM TORNADO 1 SE COMPTON 33.88N 118.22W
05/04/2023 LOS ANGELES CA BROADCAST MEDIA
CORRECTS END-POINT INTERSECTION OF PREVIOUS
TORNADO REPORT FROM 1 SE COMPTON. A SECOND
TORNADO OCCURRED IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA
THIS MORNING. A WEAK TORNADO DEVELOPED IN
COMPTON NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GREENLEAF
BLVD. AND S. SANTA FE AVE. VIDEO AND
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS SUGGEST THAT THE TORNADO
CONTINUED AS FAR EAST AS NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF ORCUTT AVE. AND E. 69TH ST.
THE TORNADO PRODUCED A VERY NARROW PATH OF
MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDING A DOWNED POWER LINE,
TARPS TORN FROM A NURSERY, MINOR ROOF DAMAGE
TO A HOME, DOWNED SMALL TREE LIMBS, AND
SIDING DAMAGE TO A COUPLE OF HOMES. VIDEO OF
THE TORNADO SHOWED SWIRLING DEBRIS. THE
DAMAGE RATING WAS EF-0, WITH AN ESTIMATED
WIND SPEED OF 65 MPH. TORNADO LASTED
856AM-900AM. NOTE, THIS TORNADO WAS SEPARATE
FROM, THOUGH NEARBY, THE TORNADO THAT
OCCURRED ABOUT 13 MINUTES EARLIER -- FARTHER
TO THE WEST TOWARD CARSON.
COHEN/DUMAS/BOLDT
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