Amid unprecedented global warming, it seems as though Davis, California experienced some rather unusual weather this weekend.
At 6:39 pm on Saturday, the National Weather Service of Sacramento issued a tornado warning, shortly after which a student from UC-Davis reported the touch down of the tornado. No tornado-linked damages were reported.
Amateur storm chasers, Shasta Fields and Tom Nolan, caught the tornado in action and posted the following video on Twitter. Mr. Nolan's excitement is evident in the recording, as is Ms. Fields's apparent fear.
Tom and I went storm chasing today and got some amazing footage of this tornado off of 102 in Davis, CA. Sound on to hear Tom being very excited and me being very scared lol pic.twitter.com/uJ86FIPu1E — Shasta Fields (@ShastaFieldss) September 29, 2019
Fortunately for the two amateur thrill-seekers, this California twister was much weaker than what its Midwestern counterparts typically are, according to CNN Weather producer Robert Shackelford.
Although California isn't necessarily a stranger to tornadoes, this one, in particular, came at an odd time of year says Shackelford.
"California sees about 10 tornadoes a year, so this is rather rare for the area," Shackelford said. "They are more likely to see tornadoes in the winter and spring, but it isn't uncommon to see tornadoes in the fall, he added."
This tornado however, wasn't the only unexpected weather occurrence to hit Davis this weekend; albeit the rarities are all linked, they came at separate times and in various forms.
Just hours before the whirling tornado made itself known, the same area in California experienced an exceedingly large amount of hail. Just like the tornado, no damage was reported due to the hail either. The hail too was trending on Twitter. Brennan Prill humorously expressed his excitement and disbelief in the following tweet.
Holy hail, Batman! It looked like it snowed in Davis, CA after the tornado warned storm dropped hail on State Highway 113. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/c6zuFtv41V — Brennan Prill ︎ (@WxBrenn) September 29, 2019
However, Mother Nature wasn't finished yet. After the rare tornado and surprisingly large amount of hail, this wild weathered weekend was topped off by record-low temperatures.
According to the National Weather Service, the Sacramento Executive Airport reported these record-setting low temperatures the following morning. Early Sunday temperatures dropped to only 45 degrees Fahrenheit, thus, breaking the previous 33-year record of 46 degrees set back in 1986.
