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285 NOUS46 KLOX 230405 PNSLOX Public Information Statement National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 905 PM PDT Wed Mar 22 2023 ...NWS Damage Survey Assessment for 3/22/2023 Montebello Tornado... ...Strongest Tornado to Impact Los Angeles Metro area since March 1983... .Overview...A small tornado briefly touched down in an industrial park and warehouse district in Montebello in the late morning hours of Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Seventeen structures were damaged, eleven significantly. A tree was uprooted and a power pole was snapped with the transformer ripped off. .Montebello Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 110 mph Date: 03/22/2023 Start Time: 11:14 AM PDT End Time: 11:17 AM PDT Location: Montebello / Los Angeles County / CA Path Origination Lat/Lon: 33.994 / -118.130 Path End Lat/Lon: 33.996 / -118.122 Path length: 0.42 mile Path width: 50 yards Time on ground: 2-3 minutes Injuries: 1 Damage Assessment: The tornado primarily impacted an industrial warehouse/commercial business district. Warehouse roofing material consisted of wood frame structure with plywood and roofing material collapsed. Almost a total roof collapse occurred in one building. An HVAC unit was ejected from the top of the building. Skylights were broken. Wood cross beams collapsed. A power pole was snapped with a transformer blown off. Cars were damaged with windows destroyed. A healthy pine tree with a trunk diameter of one foot was uprooted. Seventeen structures were damaged and eleven structure had significant damage (red-tagged). && EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories: EF0...Weak......65 to 85 mph EF1...Weak......86 to 110 mph EF2...Strong....111 to 135 mph EF3...Strong....136 to 165 mph EF4...Violent...166 to 200 mph EF5...Violent...>200 mph NOTE: The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS Storm Data. The NWS Staff wishes to thank all of our partners for all of there help in accomplishing the damage surveys and we value their partnerships. $$ Hall/Cohen/Boldt/Phillips