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Tornado Tears Roof Off California Naval Aircraft Hangar
Friday, January 25, 2008

POINT MUGU, Calif. — The National Weather Service says a tornado has touched down at a Navy air station in Point Mugu.
Meteorologist Curt Kaplan says a waterspout washed ashore at about 7:15 p.m Thursday, tearing the roof off of a building at Naval Base Ventura County.
Vance Vasquez, a public affairs specialist at the naval base confirms "a good portion" of the roof was torn off of Hangar 351, which houses air craft.

Vasquez says debris was scattered on the tarmac and part of the runway, but flight operations at the base were not impacted. There are no reports of any injuries.

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Fri 25 Jan 2008, Tornado warning issued for southwest L.A. County
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A blustery winter storm peppered Southern California with heavy rain and hail Thursday, while layering a blanket of snow in local mountains and forcing hundreds of drivers to be stranded in a high pass north of Los Angeles reports the Los Angeles Times.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning late Thursday for southwest Los Angeles County, including Malibu, Pacific Palisades and the Topanga area. The weather service said a strong rotating thunderstorm was spotted over the eastern half of Malibu, moving north-northeast at 20 miles per hour. No damage was immediately reported.