Tornado confirmed in Pico Rivera area of Los Angeles County
“It caused many trees to be uprooted, many branches to be snapped and blown down,” said Dr. Ariel Cohen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Updated: 11:02 AM PDT Mar 13, 2025
Tornado confirmed in Pico Rivera area of Los Angeles County
“It caused many trees to be uprooted, many branches to be snapped and blown down,” said Dr. Ariel Cohen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Updated: 11:02 AM PDT Mar 13, 2025
An EF-0 tornado touched down early Thursday in Pico Rivera, a city in Los Angeles County, causing some damage to homes and cars and blowing down multiple trees, the National Weather Service said.The National Weather Service said the Southern California tornado touched down west of Interstate 605 and Whittier Boulevard around 3:15 a.m. It had wind speeds of 85 mph, a path length of about one mile, a width of 80 yards and lasted for two minutes. (Video above: Watch live as crews remove downed trees in Pico Rivera.)“It caused many trees to be uprooted, many branches to be snapped and blown down,” said Dr. Ariel Cohen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The city of Pico Rivera said the extreme weather also downed power lines. The neighborhood most impacted was within the streets of Loch Avon Drive, Holbrook Street, and Glencannon Drive, between Passons Boulevard and Pico Vista Road, the city said. There were no reports of serious injuries or serious structural damage, the city said.See more videos of the tornado impacts below.
PICO RIVERA, Calif. —An EF-0 tornado touched down early Thursday in Pico Rivera, a city in Los Angeles County, causing some damage to homes and cars and blowing down multiple trees, the National Weather Service said.
The National Weather Service said the Southern California tornado touched down west of Interstate 605 and Whittier Boulevard around 3:15 a.m. It had wind speeds of 85 mph, a path length of about one mile, a width of 80 yards and lasted for two minutes.
(Video above: Watch live as crews remove downed trees in Pico Rivera.)
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CONFIRMED EF0 tornado occurred in Pico Rivera, CA (just W of the 605 fwy & Whittier Blvd) between 3am and 4am today. Preliminary details: wind speed 85 mph, length 1 mile, width 80 yards, duration 2 minutes. Exterior damage to homes and cars, multiple snapped trees #cawx #larain pic.twitter.com/paWro7UqDq
— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) March 13, 2025
“It caused many trees to be uprooted, many branches to be snapped and blown down,” said Dr. Ariel Cohen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
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The city of Pico Rivera said the extreme weather also downed power lines.
The neighborhood most impacted was within the streets of Loch Avon Drive, Holbrook Street, and Glencannon Drive, between Passons Boulevard and Pico Vista Road, the city said.
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There were no reports of serious injuries or serious structural damage, the city said.
See more videos of the tornado impacts below.
