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.  
 
 
 
 
 
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