My old stomping grounds got a taste of Tennessee weather

A tornado with 90 mph winds touched down in Calaveras County during Tuesday’s early morning severe weather and caused extensive tree damage, the National Weather Service confirmed on Wednesday. Straight-line 75 mph winds near Oakdale in Stanislaus County caused property damage minutes earlier. 

The National Weather Service said that a line of thunderstorms began to move across the northern San Joaquin Valley and into the Sierra foothills around 4 a.m.

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Thunderstorms are really rare there, maybe a couple a year is all. Small tornadoes, maybe one every five years? And I don't think I've ever heard of 75 mph straight line winds before.