SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The country’s first tornado of 2025 did not occur in Alabama, Louisiana or the nation's famed tornado alley over the Plains, but instead struck Northern California on Friday.

California saw the first tornado of 2025 reported in the United States, after a whirlwind made landfall Friday evening in an unpopulated area of Tehama County, the National Weather Service said in ...

NWS Huntsville Above are photos taken while along the damaged path by the Franklin County EMA and sent to the National Weather Service. This is the first confirmed tornado of 2025.

A tornado watch is in effect north of Houston and Harris County through Sunday afternoon. The potential for strong and severe storms come along the leading edge of a powerful cold front that ...