Amid the tornado warning for Fresno, California, on Tuesday afternoon, multiple storm chasers reported a twister likely on the ground in Clovis, just north of Fresno, in Fresno County.
Later, local ABC News affiliate confirmed it as a tornado touchdown. Multiple people, meanwhile, reported that there was a massive super cell or a funnel cloud around Fresno which sparked the initial warning.
A photo of the likely twister near Clovis was shared on social media by a storm chaser. Here are they:
A video of the funnel cloud near Clovis captured on the cell phone camera of a resident. The video was shared by ABC 30 Fresno and is credited to local resident Alfredo Guerra.
The report noted that the tornado was spotted near Shaw Avenue and Highway 99. Here’s the video:
This is a developing story.
