Tornado destroys barn and topples trees on Clovis property

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Mangled expanse metal, toppled trees and a powerfulness rod snapped similar a twig. It was thing but a mean time for Don Wright.

"All of a sudden, it sounded similar a freight train," says Don Wright, Clovis Resident.

Asleep wrong erstwhile helium tells Action News, a tornado tore done his Clovis property.

"It was whipping I had ne'er seen it that almighty present successful the valley," says Wright.

In a substance of seconds, his family's equine barn was lifted by the beardown upwind gusts and sent flying done the air, landing yards abbreviated of their home.

The spot is located disconnected Highway 168. A video taken adjacent Academy Avenue shows the acheronian funnel unreality arsenic it near down a way of destruction.

According to a section tempest study from the National Weather Service, the harm was accordant with an EF1 tornado, meaning highest upwind gusts could person reached 110 miles per hour.

"I took america each by surprise. When's the past clip you heard anyone getting their spot torn up by a tornado astir here?" says Wright.

His parent was wrong her location connected the spot erstwhile a histrion fell connected the roof. Luckily, she and everyone other wrong astatine the clip were okay. Their 2 horses were retired successful the pasture, shaken but untouched.

"It could've been worse. The trees caught it. The bigger trees caught it," says Wright.

PG&E and occurrence crews responded arsenic respective powerfulness lines besides went down, leaving them successful the dark.

Now, Don and his household are near to cleanable up the scattered debris arsenic his location appears to person gone done a washing machine.

Dons lived successful Clovis for astir 4 decades and had ne'er seen thing similar this. But, with a smile, helium tells maine he's gladsome helium tin archer the story.

"Kind of a metaphor for maine for however adjacent if God hadn't been watching retired for us," says Wright.

Now, Don says his household volition beryllium focused connected cleanup implicit the adjacent respective days and connected dealing with security arsenic they prime up the pieces.

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