TEHAMA COUNTY — A tornado warning was issued Friday in Shingletown, Manton, and Paynes Creek in Tehama and Shasta counties, urging residents to take shelter.
The National Weather Service issued the warning for northern Tehema County and southern central Shasta County, but it expired at 6 p.m. The agency then issued a special weather statement cautioning residents in Shingletown, Lyonsville, Paynes Creek and Manton about a strong thunderstorm that would impact the areas through 7 p.m.
The NWS said at 6:08 p.m., a Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm near Paynes Creek, or 13 miles southwest of Shingletown, moving east at 10 mph.
“Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel clouds,” said the NWS. “This type of funnel cloud is harmless, but on rare occasions, they can briefly touch down, producing wind gusts over 50 miles per hour.”
The agency urged residents to move indoors if they spot a funnel cloud moving and report it to the NWS.
The weather agency warned that gusty winds could knock down tree limbs, with possible minor hail damage to vegetation.
Earlier, CBS reported that a tornado touched down around 5:22 p.m. near the Paynes Creek area.
On X, the Sacramento NWS posted a three-second video footage taken from the cameras of the UC San Diego Alert California network that captured the tornado spinning.