From the Chico Enterprise Record:
ORD BEND — Chico, Durham, Dayton and especially Ord Bend were on alert for tornadoes Wednesday evening as a cold storm passed through, whipping up wind and pelting the area with pea-sized hail.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning shortly after 5 p.m. based on readings of Doppler radar.
A tornado was reported near the ground five miles east of Ord Bend at about 5:30, with another spotted three miles south of Ord Bend, according to the Weather Service. Another touched down south of Durham.
For about an hour in south Chico the sky darkened, then hail pelted down intensely, covering the sidewalks in some areas like snow.
Isolated flooding took place, as storm ditches couldn't handle the rain or were clogged. Flooding was reported along Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and Forest Avenue.
Glenn County Sheriff Larry Jones reported at 5:35 p.m. that five or six funnel clouds had been sighted in Glenn County. According to witnesses, at least one touched down on Highway 45 near Ord Bend. Orchards reportedly were damaged.
Jones said heavy hail on Interstate 5 near Willows created a traffic hazard, with several vehicles reportedly sliding off the highway.
The storm headed east at between 10-15 miles per hour.
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