By John Yoon A winter storm in Northern California spawned a tornado on Friday ... Freezing Temperatures: A blast of Arctic air can be dangerous, especially when combined with blustery winds.
As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather.
A Feb. 21-22, 1971 outbreak claimed 121 lives from Texas to North Carolina, the deadliest February rash of tornadoes in recent times. One F4 tornado near Oxford, Mississippi, killed 58 and injured 800 ...