NWS Hanford confirms tornado touched down in Mariposa County Saturday

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The National Weather Service in Hanford has confirmed the touch down of an EF0 tornado in Mariposa County during Saturday's afternoon storm.


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Officials from the NWS surveyed the area where video was taken of a funnel cloud yesterday on Ben Hur Road, just 2 miles north of Ben Hur.

Surveyors found "damage indicators" including branches ripped from trees and grass swirls.
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NWS could not say whether the funnel cloud shared in a photo with Action News was the same cloud that touched the ground, but can confirm it was in the same storm.