Tornado rips through buildings near LA – as COUCH flies through skies of storm-battered San Francisco: California storm death toll reaches five

‘All the ingredients are there for more possible events like the one we saw earlier,’ she said.

The last time the weather service’s Los Angeles office sent out tornado assessment teams was in 2016 near Fillmore in Ventura County, where it was determined that a small twister had touched down, Schoenfeld said.

A tornado warning based on radar was also issued Tuesday night for the Point Mugu area west of Malibu. The warning was later canceled and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office tweeted there was no evidence a tornado touched down.

The storm was tapering off in California from north to south while pushing inland across the Southwest, the Four Corners region and the central and southern Rockies, the National Weather Service said.

On Tuesday, some residents of north-central Arizona were told to prepare to evacuate due to rising water levels in rivers and basins.