CNN —For the first time in recorded history, downtown San Francisco was issued a tornado warning on Saturday as severe storms swept through the city, just one week after a tsunami warning triggered widespread panic in the region.
The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management confirmed the tornado threat ended around 6:14 a.m. PST after the storm moved northeast of downtown.
A video shared on Facebook shows extreme winds shaking palm trees in downtown San Francisco.
No tornado warnings had ever previously been recorded for downtown San Francisco, the NWS confirmed.
Eureka is the largest coastal city between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, and about 300 miles northwest of Sacramento.
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