Overview
- National Weather Service Sacramento said a tornado touched down about 2:05 p.m. PDT Sunday roughly four miles southeast of Vina in rural Tehama County.
- The office reported no injuries or structural damage, and it will hold off on sending a survey team unless new damage reports come in.
- Forecasters issued a preliminary EF‑U rating, which means the tornado’s strength is unknown because there is no damage to measure.
- The determination relied on radar showing a rotating storm cell and on clips from a PG&E webcam and the public that captured the brief funnel over open grassland.
- The storm triggered a Tornado Warning for the area during a weekend of thunderstorms, in a state that typically sees about ten mostly weak tornadoes each year.