273 NWUS56 KSTO 231802 LSRSTO PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 1100 AM PDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0445 PM TORNADO 1 SSE ELK GROVE 38.38N 121.35W 10/22/2012 UF1 SACRAMENTO CA NWS STORM SURVEY THE NWS STORM SURVEY HAS RATED THE 10/22/2012 ELK GROVE STORM AS AN EF1 TORNADO. IT TOUCHED DOWN NEAR WATERMAN AND GRANT LINE RDS AND TRAVELED A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 1 MILE TO THE NORTHEAST. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 90 TO 100 MPH. A STURDY METAL ROOF WAS BENT BACK... AND TREE TRUNKS SEVERAL FEET IN DIAMETER WERE SNAPPED. TORNADO DURATION && $$ IRIS SYSTEM