NWS Confirms Oxnard Mobile Home Parks Hit By Tornado During Thursday's Storm
Friday February 14, 2025
The National Weather Service was in Oxnard Friday investigating what they now have confirmed was a tornado that caused extensive damage to mobile home parks located between Oxnard College and Oxnard Boulevard (Highway 1).
Oxnard Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Reyes was the incident commander Thursday and he told KVTA News that when they arrived on scene they found downed power lines and damage to a dozen mobile homes.
He says their first priority was to make sure everyone was OK and fortunately there were no injuries.
They had the residents shelter in place initially because of concern that some of the power lines were touching water.
Reyes says the tornado had actually started in the mobile home park to the west, Country Club Mobile Estates, and then moved east through Oceanaire Mobile Home Estates where it caused most of the damage.
Reyes says of the 12 damaged mobile homes, four suffered extensive damage.
Here's what the NWS says in its report...
"Visible damage could be seen across around a dozen double-wide mobile homes. Damage included loss of shingles and roof coverings, many destroyed metal porch roofs and carports, toppled fences, and two shattered windows. Debris was widespread across a significant portion of the community. Several large branches broke off of nearby trees across Highway 1 adjacent to the mobile home parks."
Reyes says the residents were offered help from the Red Cross but declined and seemed determined to stay in their homes, even if there was damage.
Here is the NWS report from their investigation into the incident...
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 320 PM PST Fri Feb 14 2025 ...NWS Damage Survey for 02/13/25 Tornado Event... .Overview...A high-end EF0 tornado impacted southeast Oxnard, California on February 13, 2025. This tornado was associated with a low-topped, mini-supercell that was embedded within a developing squall line producing little or no lightning. The supercell tracked across southeast Oxnard Thursday afternoon and briefly produced a small, weak tornado that damaged mobile homes in two mobile home parks. The squall line later congealed as it tracked into and across Los Angeles County, where it produced damaging winds. This activity was associated with a strong storm system that also produced destructive debris flows, mud slides, rock slides, and flooding across the greater Los Angeles area. .Oxnard Tornado... Rating: EF-0 Estimated Peak Wind: 85 mph Path Length /statute/: 0.63 miles Path Width /maximum/: 20 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 02/13/25 Start Time: 15:27 Start Location: 3 SE Oxnard / Ventura County / California Start Lat/Lon: 34.1618 / -119.1547 End Date: 02/13/25 End Time: 15:29 End Location: 3 SE Oxnard / Ventura County / California End Lat/Lon: 34.1681 / -119.1467 Survey Summary: A storm damage assessment team from the National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard, California conducted a damage survey in southeast Oxnard this morning from around 9 AM to Noon. The team examined storm damage across 2 mobile home parks (County Club Mobile Estates and Ocean-Aire Mobile Home Estates) and nearby areas. Visible damage could be seen across around a dozen double-wide mobile homes. Damage included loss of shingles and roof coverings, many destroyed metal porch roofs and carports, toppled fences, and two shattered windows. Debris was widespread across a significant portion of the community. Several large branches broke off of nearby trees across Highway 1 adjacent to the mobile home parks. Based on the pattern of damage assessed, eyewitness accounts, as well as video recordings, the National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard has confirmed that the damage was from a high-end EF-0 tornado. The tornado formed just south of Oxnard College around East Bard Road and moved northeast before dissipating between South Oxnard Boulevard and East Channel Islands Boulevard. The National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard would like to extend great appreciation to our Emergency Management and Fire Agency partners with whom we collaborated in performing this tornado damage assessment. && EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories: EF0.....65 to 85 mph EF1.....86 to 110 mph EF2.....111 to 135 mph EF3.....136 to 165 mph EF4.....166 to 200 mph EF5.....>200 mph NOTE: The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS Storm Data.
