Overview
- The National Weather Service dispatched a storm-survey team Friday to examine Boyle Heights damage linked to a possible Christmas morning tornado.
- The survey is being coordinated with Los Angeles City Emergency Management, according to an NWS social media post.
- NWS meteorologist Ariel Cohen said multiple damage reports likely stem from a weak, brief tornado, and authorities have received no injury reports.
- Investigators have not specified the exact time or location of any touchdown, and they will analyze damage patterns to confirm a tornado and assign an EF rating.
- The probe follows a week of heavy rain and strong winds, with residents sharing video of a roof torn off, and it comes after recent weak tornadoes in Pico Rivera and Oxnard and a Christmas Eve warning in the San Gabriel Valley without confirmed touchdowns.