Menifee 24/7: Tornado Hits Perris, Near I-215

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Tornado Hits Perris, Near I-215

by Steve
5/22/2008 10:10:00 PM

Weather Currents, a weather service focusing on SW Riverside County, reports that a tornado touched down in Perris this afternoon, by the I-215 freeway near Oleander Ave, during the height of rush hour traffic...

Radio reports indicated an overturned truck on the freeway near March Air Reserve Base, and overturned railroad cars nearby.

In the aftermath, oil and fuel were in traffic lanes, the driver of the overturned truck was taken to the hospital, and traffic on the freeway was being re-routed.

Read the full news here...

http://weathercurrents.com/menifeevalley/NewsItemDisplay.do?Id=474

Here's video of the tornado, and the aftermath...
http://videos.nctimes.com/p/video?id=1895232

Labels: 215-Freeway, Perris, Weather