A trough over the eastern Pacific dropped southward over the region bringing a series of shortwaves across interior Northern California. These shortwaves brought enough instability and moisture to produce tornadic supercells to interior NorCal. One tornado was reported on March 25th and five tornadoes were reported on March 26th. The trough also brought heavy snow to the Northern Sierra Nevada and Western Plumas County, mainly Wednesday and Wednesday night (March 26) with snow levels dropping to 4000-5000 ft.

Tornado in GLENN, CALIFORNIA
From 26-MAR-14 16:33:00 to 26-MAR-14 16:38:00 (PST-8)
Location: BAYLISS
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

Based on eye witness interviews, believe this tornado originated around 5:30pm as well and tracked nearly due east along CR41. It removed the roof of a barn near Road R, damaged an outbuilding made of sheet metal, turned over a carport and broke a utility pole (8 inches in diameter) of a local residence just west of Road S.  An outcrop of cottonwood trees on a dairy farm at CR 41 and TT was badly damaged. Some of the tree limbs landed on structures to house calves, but no livestock were injured. Also, down road TT, a stop sign was ripped off its metal pole and thrown 50 yards in the field just east.

Tornado in BUTTE, CALIFORNIA
From 25-MAR-14 18:15:00 to 25-MAR-14 18:17:00 (PST-8)
Location: PARADISE SKYPARK ARP
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

An EF0 tornado touched down near Highway 99 between Skyway Road and Neal Road at around 7:15pm PDT. Winds were estimated to be 65mph. A rotted tree along Neal Road was blown down, and branches were blown off of surrounding trees. Swirl marks were on the ground, but the tornado was no more than 10-15 yards wide.

Tornado in GLENN, CALIFORNIA
From 26-MAR-14 16:30:00 to 26-MAR-14 16:33:00 (PST-8)
Location: BAYLISS
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

Based on eye witness interviews we believe this was the first tornado to touch down around 5:30 pm, and then tracked southeast for about 5-10 minutes. A pheasant pen and an outbuilding both lost their roofs.  The outbuildings roof was made of sheet metal and some individual pieces were thrown between 800-1000 feet east/southeast of the outbuildings location. Some of the heavier pieces (150 lbs) were thrown 350 feet from the original outbuilding.

Tornado in GLENN, CALIFORNIA
From 26-MAR-14 16:45:00 to 26-MAR-14 16:50:00 (PST-8)
Location: ARTOIS
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

Based on eye witness interviews, this tornado originated around 5:45 pm at a residence along CR 39, west of Road P. Based on damage, the tornado appeared to track along the fence of the residence, taking out deciduous trees before turning west and taking out the chain link fence. It threw lawn furniture into the residences pool, and lifted an awning up. Two support beams under the awning were pushed over before the awning was returned to it���s original location resting on the remaining support beams. The tornado then tracked through some orange trees, relieving them of a majority of their fruit, then another row of deciduous trees, pushing them to the west. The tornado then tracked through their almond tree orchard uprooting or breaking 60+ of their trees and removing almonds from other trees. The tornado tracked west to the next resident���s orchard taking out another dozen or so of his trees, but a majority of the crop was stripped off the trees. It then hit a tractor parked near his orchard, removing the shade shield and throwing it 157 feet. (Weight is 90 lbs). It also damaged a large eucalyptus tree with a large portion of the tree falling in between the residence and an outbuilding, with a portion landing on a dog kennel just below the tree. 2 trucks on the premises had a back and passenger rear window blown out by flying debris or hail. One of the tucks also sustained damage to a metal tool box in back of the truck. A debris path was apparent across CR 39 as it moved south of the road and impacted another almond orchard.  Not much damage to north end of orchard, so tornado may have lifted up for a bit. Tornado touched back down just behind the residence and uprooted/broke 30+ trees. A cotton wood tree on the east end of the residence, top 1/3 of the tree was broken off, and landed immediately to the west into an alfalfa field. Toward the end of the row of almond trees near the residence, one of the uprooted trees was thrown 227 yards WSW into the alfalfa field. There was also a 24 foot debris path across the gravel road where the tree was dragged/carried into the field.

Tornado in PLACER, CALIFORNIA
From 26-MAR-14 17:10:00 to 26-MAR-14 17:20:00 (PST-8)
Location: RIEGO
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

EF0 tornado began in the field just southwest of Roseville, but did not cause damage until it reached the Pleasant Grove Blvd housing developments in West Roseville. The tornado winds were estimated to be 75-85mph. Several windows were blown out amongst the houses, 25-30 feet of fence was blown down, projectile damage was found to stucco. The tornado lasted approximately 5-10 minutes.

Tornado in SUTTER, CALIFORNIA
From 26-MAR-14 16:24:00 to 26-MAR-14 16:26:00 (PST-8)
Location: PLEASANT GROVE
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

An EF0 tornado touched down in a field just south of Nicolaus at approximately 5:17pm and lasted a duration of a couple minutes. No damage was reported from the tornado besides swirl marks on the ground.

Winter Weather in MT SHASTA/WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
From 26-MAR-14 06:00:00 to 26-MAR-14 14:00:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A series of snow showers brought snow to far northern Sierra Nevada/Western Plumas County area. Harkness Flat near Chester (6200 ft) reported approximately 8 inches of snow was received between March 26th and 27th. Other sites reported between 4-6 inches or less of snow.

Winter Storm in WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
From 26-MAR-14 08:00:00 to 27-MAR-14 16:00:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: SNOTEL

A series of snow showers brought heavy snow amounts to the Northern Sierra Nevada, where the heaviest snow fell between March 26 and into March 27th. Ski resorts reported 10-15 inches of new snow in 24 hours. SNOTEL CSS Lab site at 6855 ft reported 14 inches. Blue Canyon at 5280 ft reported 8 inches during this period. Kingvale spotter around 6200 ft received 11 inches.