Tornado Watch Issued For Southern California, SW Arizona

The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a tornado watch for Southern California and parts of South-West Arizona.

According to the alert, the tornado watch remains in effect until 9pm PST/ 10pm MST Thursday. Strong and damaging straight line winds in excess of 70 mph are possible, with severe thunderstorms capable of producing a short lived tornado possible through to 10pm MST.

The watch follows an earlier Tornado Warning, and an alleged Tornado in Ventura.

Sounds like another fun night for So-Cal residents.