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Severe Weather In San Clemente, Orange County, California, Oct 22, 2026

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

3

First seen

Oct 22, 6:11 AM PDT

updated Oct 22, 6:49 PM PDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by KNBC, Los Angeles Times and KABC-TV, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

A severe storm caused damages in San Clemente, where a powerful gust of wind was determined to be straight-line winds rather than a tornado, KABC-TV and KNBC reported. The National Weather Service confirmed no tornado occurred as the weather-rocked community faced the storm threat, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 3, Oct 22, 7:32 PM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once

How It Unfolded

Oct 22, 2:07 PM PDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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Orange County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 22, 2:30 PM PDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 22, 4:34 PM PDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.