NWS says tornado is responsible for tearing apart Atwater home

ATWATER, Calif. (KFSN) -- Unbelievable harm to an Atwater location is present believed to beryllium caused by a terrifying twister.

North Valley neighbors are inactive wrapping their heads astir it.

"I person a nephew that lives successful Kansas, I was like, dude you're the 1 successful Kansas, we're the ones successful Atwater, there's not expected to beryllium nary tornadoes implicit here, they're expected to beryllium implicit there," said witnesser Jesus Duran.

Kris Mattarochia with the National Weather Service Hanford confirmed with Action News Tuesday evening that his team's archetypal findings constituent to a imaginable tornado touching down successful Atwater.

"The preliminary findings was that determination was perfectly a tornado here. There's video evidence, there's crushed truth," Mattarochia said.

Video captured by Duran shows the infinitesimal those relentless winds pulled ample pieces of debris hundreds of feet into the air.

Moments later, those pieces were scattered each implicit the surrounding area.

"The metallic siding was lofted astir 4 shot fields distant from its source, which takes a batch of vigor and a batch of power," Mattarochia explained.

One of those monolithic pieces of metallic was strung up successful a powerfulness pole.

The stormy spectacle near Duran successful disbelief.

"You don't truly get that overmuch present successful this area, truthful it was decidedly a show to see. It was beauteous scary," Duran said.

He lives conscionable down the thoroughfare connected Central Avenue, and told america helium archetypal thought helium was proceeding hail, but rapidly realized it was thing overmuch bigger.

"It sounded conscionable similar aluminum rumbling everyplace successful the air. It was beauteous crazy," Duran said

The household was location erstwhile the tempest passed through, but nary injuries were reported.