National Weather Service confirms tornado hits Southern California city of Montebello
A tornado hit the city of Montebello in Southern California, damaging buildings as the National Weather Service assesses the rare weather event.
The tornado hit Wednesday at about 11:20 a.m. PT in the city less than 10 miles southeast of Los Angeles, the National Weather Service said.
Montebello city spokesman Alex Gillman said information was still being gathered about the extent of the damage and whether anyone was injured.
The city closed some streets "due to a weather-related incident."
The National Weather Service about 8 p.m. ET confirmed a tornado hit Montebello, but the agency said, "we are still assessing the damage."
**MONTEBELLO UPDATE**
— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) March 23, 2023
Our damage survey team has officially confirmed that there was a TORNADO in Montebello around 11:20 AM on 3/22/23. No EF rating yet, we are still assessing the damage! A full report will be coming late this evening.
EF Scale: https://t.co/VWCYSkHMN6
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Videos captured tornado and wind damage near Los Angeles
Earlier in the day, several videos posted on Twitter and shared with local news stations showed what appeared to be pieces of roofs ripped off building and debris twisting in the sky, as some cars were moved around and damaged.
Wow!! A possible tornado touched down in #Montebello the power is out for a few blocks and there is a lot of damage #cawx Video from Daniel Wilsey pic.twitter.com/cytRunZnRW
— Alex Cheney (@abc7alex) March 22, 2023
Tornado hits south maple ave in Montebello tearing the roof off multiple buildings and destroying multiple cars pic.twitter.com/yJrbuPMccj
— Turtle (@njtehcherchian) March 22, 2023
Breaking: New video of wild wind in Montebello. It looks like a tornado @kcalnews @NWS #montebellopic.twitter.com/KC2LlBDYBw
— michele gile (@michelegiletv) March 22, 2023
National Weather Service still investigating damage
The NWS had said Wednesday afternoon it was sending a survey team to Montebello to investigate the possible tornado, and to look into another possible tornado, which hit Tuesday and damage several mobile homes in the city of Carpinteria in Santa Barbara County.
"We will post any information about the possible tornado(es) over Carpinteria and/or Montebello as soon as we get them after our damage survey is complete," the NWS Los Angeles said.
Possible tornados come during severe weather
The possible tornados occurred as the state is being hit with more rain and snow, as well as strong wind gusts in another storm meteorologists called a "bomb cyclone."
Two people in state were killed Tuesday.
Contributing: Associated Press
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Tornado hits Montebello, California; buildings reportedly damaged