Two mobile home parks in Oxnard were hit by a fragile tornado that ripped the roof off and ripped the power cables during a powerful atmospheric river storm Thursday afternoon. On the ground.
In Ocean-Aire Mobile Homes Estates and Country Club Mobile Home Estates, there are more than a dozen carports as well as siding, storm ditch, awning or roof hit by a 60 mph wind gust Thursday shortly after 3:30 p.m. Oxnard City said in a statement.
The damage occurred, and the leniency of Ventura and Los Angeles County were damaged Flash torrents and severe thunderstorm warning In a powerful atmospheric river storm.
“The National Weather Service damage assessment team has confirmed that the tornado has been weak,” the agency said in a statement Friday. “The tornado is tracked from the Country Club Mobile Estate to the Marine Mobile Estate in South Oaknard.”
Country Club Mobile Home Estate on Butler Road provides families and seniors with valuable housing sources for affordable housing.
The park did not report any injuries, but the area lost power Thursday night. Ventura County Star.
Meteorologist John Dumas said the National Weather Service sent a team to investigate the damage Friday morning to determine if the park did have weak tornadoes.
Team members studied the damage to determine the intensity of wind speeds on the swing roof and carport.
They observed Loss of shingles and roof coverings, many destroyed metal porch roofs and carports, overturned fences and two broken windows.
The debris are widely distributed in a large part of the community, and officials say several large branches break down on trees near nearby Park 1, adjacent to the Mobile Family Park.
Dumas said the evidence for the tornado would include items and debris blowing from the north and south of its impact location.
“This tells us that a tornado with circular motion was underway, rather than pushing a block of wind in front of the snow blower,” he said.
Officials determined that the tornado formed south of Oxnard College near East Bard Road, moving northeastward, and then on South Oxnard Boulevard and East Channel Islands Avenue (East Channe Islands Boulevard) dissipates between them.
Meteorologist Carol Smith said it could be a faint tornado, based on weather patterns on the radar and the fact that the roof is deprived of buildings, which usually doesn’t happen just by strong winds.
“Sometimes you are really strong [wind] Rising, with strong thunderstorms or a series of storms you can get this [wind] Rotate,” she said, describing how the tornado might have formed.
Meteorological Services Warned Possibility of a tornado Thursday afternoon, when a severe thunderstorm warning was issued to Los Angeles County.
Mobile home parks have been hit hard during the extreme weather events Southern California has experienced this year.
more than 300 mobile homes destroyed A rare affordable housing was wiped out on the beach in the Pacific Palisades in January amid the Palisades fire.
Many former residents of Palisades Bowl Mobile Estate and Tahiti Terrace Mobile Home Park now Try to find housing Within their budget.
