Survey team confirms tornado caused damage in Elk Grove
On Tuesday,?a survey team from the National Weather Service determined that a tornado caused damage in Elk Grove on Monday, said Dan Keeton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento.
"We followed the path over here and we've come and we've seen a lot of roof damage in this area," Keeton told KCRA 3 on Tuesday.
Keeton said his team observed, "some trees down, some fairly large trees snapped over and the way the debris is lined up on the ground, it's indicating to us it's a rotating storm,"
"We're estimating the winds that did this kind of damage were between 90 and 100 miles per hour," Keeton told KCRA 3.
?Photos: Weather service confirms Elk Grove tornado
?Brook Bingaman of the National Weather Service?said beyond a confirmed tornado in Elk Grove and Yuba City, there are other reported tornadoes.
"That team is expected to visit the sites sometime (Tuesday) morning," Bingaman?said.
However, since two of those four reports were in remote places with little damage, the team considers those to be a low priority for investigation, Bingaman said.
In a preliminary report issued on Monday, the National Weather Service said tornadoes were reported south of Yuba City in Sutter County, near Palermo in Butte County, near Browns Valley in Yuba County, at Higgins Corner in Nevada County and south of Elk Grove.
According to the Cosumnes Fire Department, 52 homes and one commercial property were damaged in Monday's storm in Elk Grove. The damage ranged form mild to moderate.
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