BREAKING: Tornado Touches Down in Fresno County, National Weather Service Confirms
Published on April 22, 2026.
The National Weather Service has issued two severe thunderstorm warnings for Madera and Fresno counties, with one located over Fresno and another near Yosemite Lakes. The warnings warn of 60-mph winds and quarter-sized hail. A tornado touched down near Biola, California, around 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday. All schools in Clovis Unified were placed under a shelter-in-place due to a region-wide tornado alert.
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