"A tornado did, in fact, spin through Los Angeles on Christmas, the National Weather Service confirmed, damaging a home and a commercial strip mall. With a wind speed of up to 80 mph, the brief tornado traveled for about one-third of a mile in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood on L.A.'s Eastside, just after 10 a.m. Thursday. It was classified as an EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, the weakest kind of tornado, in which three-second gusts can be between 65 mph to 85 mph."
"The tornado first damaged a home on Lee Street, damaging the roof and allowing rainwater to leak inside. The tornado then hit a strip mall on the northeast corner of Whittier Boulevard and South Lorena Street, breaking some windows and tree branches, bending a utility pole and destroying several business signs, the weather service said in a statement. Finally, just north of the shopping plaza off of Lorena Street, damage could be seen on the roofs of some homes."
An EF-0 tornado with winds up to 80 mph tracked about one-third of a mile through Boyle Heights just after 10 a.m. on Christmas, damaging a home, a commercial strip mall, roofs, fences and business signs. The twister broke windows, bent a utility pole, and allowed rainwater to leak into a residence; nearby residents reported the storm roaring and houses shaking. The tornado ended at 10:12 a.m. The Christmas Eve-Christmas Day Pineapple Express storm produced record rainfall across Southern California. A large boulder fell onto Highway 18 near Big Bear Lake, causing a two-car collision and five minor injuries. At Mammoth Mountain, two ski patrollers suffered significant injuries during avalanche mitigation work, with one sustaining serious injuries.
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