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- No deaths and minor injuries reported
- National Weather Service had issued tornado warning
- A few residents of Williams Canyon briefly stranded
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Rare tornadoes touched down in Riverside County, California on May 22, 2008.
The storm system, which included rain, hail and snow, pounded Southern California turning over a tractor-trailer, derailing a freight train and causing a major interstate to be clogged for some eight miles.
Power pole and palm tree fires and at least 20 weather-related traffic accidents were reported in Riverside County.
In Orange County the storm slammed the eastern canyons, an area already damaged by wildfires in 2007.
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California Tornado Statistics
These statistics are taken from DisasterInfo.com and compare California tornadoes to the other United States. The statistics were compiled with tornado information from 1950 - 1995.- #32 for frequency of tornadoes
- #36 for reported injuries
- #31 for cost damages
- No ranking for deaths
- Statistics are even lower when using per-square-mile comparison
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California Tornadoes 2008 Questions
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