Overview
- The National Weather Service inspected Flip Flop Farms on Tuesday and says its investigation into the localized wind event remains ongoing.
- Officials are analyzing a defined damage path and directional debris to distinguish rotating winds from straight-line gusts, according to meteorologist Dalton Behringer.
- Farm co-owner Taylor Lane says investigators have informally referred to the event as a landspout, though no official classification has been issued.
- Damage included a roughly 200-pound water tank thrown across Highway 1, crumpled hoop-house structures, uprooted crops, and metal posts scattered hundreds of feet.
- No injuries were reported as cleanup continues, with owners estimating repair costs in the thousands to tens of thousands of dollars; separate funnel clouds in Salinas and Hollister were not classified as tornadoes.