Weather service investigates possible tornado sighting in Sonoma County

Bay City News
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(BCN) — Meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Northern California are investigating a possible tornado touchdown that happened Thursday morning in Sonoma County.

According to the weather service, a video of the possible tornado was taken from a resident in Petaluma looking toward the unincorporated community of Two Rock in western Sonoma County around 11:10 a.m.

Possible tornado as seen from Bodega Avenue in Petaluma. (Photo: S Baur)
Possible tornado as seen from Bodega Avenue in Petaluma. (Photo: S Baur)

A team of meteorologists from the weather service watched the footage but opted not to survey the area after Sonoma County Emergency Management did not find any damage, NWS said.

Tornados are rare in Sonoma County but not unheard of. A twister was last seen in Santa Rosa in 2011, when a funnel cloud made contact with land and sent debris flying, toppled cable and telephone lines and damaged a few buildings.

Bay City News contributed to this story.

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