Tornado in Tuolumne County as seen by Ham Radio operators for the OES Operations Center #hamradio

Select recordings of ham radio operators observing weather conditions during a Tornado event on March 11th 2023. #hamradio #tornado #thunderstorm #arrl #repeaters #storm #stormchasing
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The tornado touched down shortly before 3 p.m. along Old Melones Road along the south end of New Melones Lake and west of Sonora and Jamestown. Saturday's tornado in Tuolumne County damaged the Woods Creek Mobile Home Park in Jamestown. Initially, the National Weather Service Sacramento listed the tornado as having a max width of 1,000 yards (.568 miles) and a path length of .8 miles with winds peaking at 90 miles per hour.

On Monday, however, NWS corrected their numbers to a path width of just 100 yards

No injuries were reported. Though, the tornado did damage several trees and snapped at least two power poles in half, the NWS said. This came as severe thunderstorms moved east through the region. The area was under tornado, severe thunderstorm, and flash flood warnings all at once.

The city of Sonora was one area that had extensive reports of roadway flooding over the course of the afternoon and evening. Going into Sunday, sandbag locations were set up around the region.

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