The tornado, creating gusts of up 85 mph, left a trail 80 yards wide and a mile long, damaging homes, plowing over trees, taking down power lines and rupturing water pipes, authorities said. It hit a mile west of the 605 Freeway.

A major storm continued to wallop much of Southern California on Thursday morning, bringing evacuation warnings, fears of mudslides and heavy mountain snow.

A strong storm system moved through the Southland early Thursday amid evacuation warnings and fears of debris flows, bringing a heavy dose of rain over a short period of time and causing a rare tornado in Pico Rivera.

Strong tornadoes, winds gusting over 70 mph and destructive hail are possible.

Meteorologist Devon Lucie shows us where the storm that's expected to bring us severe weather is right now, then dives into the first round of high resolution data tracking and timing when storms are likeliest to be where you are while breaking down the likeliest threats of severe weather while finishing with your seven day forecast.

We have declared Saturday as a First Alert Weather Day due to the risk of tornadoes, very large hail and damaging wind. While the precise locations and timing of the greatest storms are still unclear,