Storm brings tornado, rain and snow to Northern California

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Don Camy of Chico enjoys a dip in Sycamore Pool at the One-Mile Recreation Area after his jog through Bidwell Park on Monday. Camy said he had a wonderful run between rain showers and the water was surprisingly warm. "It felt really neat to swim through the mat of leaves" that covered the pool, he said. Besides bringing down leaves, a storm in Northern California also brought a tornado, rain and snow.(Ty Barbour/Staff Photo)<p class='dotPhoto'>All Chico E-R photos are available <a href='http://chicoer.mycapture.com/'>here</a>.</p>

Northern California finally got weather to match the calendar, as a storm smacked the area Monday bringing rain, snow and at least one tornado.

The twister touched down about 3:15 p.m. a couple of miles south of Yuba City, and bounced from Sutter County into Yuba.

It took shingles off houses and hit the Mallard Lake Golf Course, where a golfer told the Marysville Appeal Democrat that it snapped a tree that struck him.

Sutter County Fire Department Battalion Chief John Shalowitz said firefighters could see the tornado touch down from their station in a mostly rural area about two miles south of Yuba City.

"It's a lot of telephone and cable lines down, but thankfully nobody was hurt," he told The Associated Press. "We have some roofing material that has been stripped from a couple of houses. A lot of trees down in the area."

The tornado followed earlier reports from the National Weather Service that it's radar had picked up a possible twister about nine miles southeast of Palermo. A number of funnel cloud sightings were reported as the storm moved northeast, including a call from the area of Loafer Creek on Lake Oroville.

As of deadline, there was no conformation that funnel had touched down.

Even those distant from the wildest weather experienced something missing from the area for a long time: rain.

Chico saw 1.06 inches of rain, Oroville 0.85 inch and Paradise 1.78 inches.

It was the first time there's been measurable precipitation in Chico since

June 4, when 0.14 inch fell.

In the mountains as much as two feet of snow fell. The road through Lassen Volcanic National Park was closed, and snowplows were needed to keep Interstate 80 open.

Source: http://www.chicoer.com/ci_21833995/storm-brings-tornado-rain-and-snow-northern-california?source=rss_viewed

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