Tornado touches down in Madera County, National Weather Service confirms

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The National Weather Service Hanford confirms a tornado did interaction down successful Madera County Friday.

Viewers reported the tornado touched down astatine Berenda Elementary School successful the Madera Acres area. Video shows the harm it near down astatine the campus.

We're told parents received a substance alert to prime up their children, portion students were taken to the cafeteria for information and advised to enactment distant from windows.

Earlier this evening, a Tornado Warning was issued successful Madera County, Mariposa County and Merced County. The informing expired aft 4:45 p.m. Friday.

The National Weather Service says a tempest survey volition beryllium conducted Saturday for the tornado.

The tornado comes amid Blizzard and Winter Storm Warnings, which are successful effect for the Sierra Nevada this weekend.