668 NWUS56 KSTO 232129 LSRSTO PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 228 PM PDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0530 PM TORNADO HIGGINS CORNER 39.04N 121.09W 10/22/2012 EF1 NEVADA CA PUBLIC THE NWS STORM SURVEY HAS RATED THE 10/22/2012 LAKE OF THE PINES STORM AS AN EF1 TORNADO. THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 49 AT COMBIE ROAD AND TRAVELED A DISTANCE OF AROUND 4 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 90 TO 100 MPH. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO TREES...WITH SEVERAL 1 TO 3 FT DIAMETER TREE TRUNKS SNAPPED AND MANY TREES UPROOTED. A FEW POWER LINES WERE ALSO BLOWN OVER. && $$ IRIS SYSTEM