Tornadoes aren’t completely out of the question in California’s Central Valley. Over the last century, the region has had scores of them.
But this week, as several thunderstorms moved through, the region experienced something rare: four tornadoes on the same day, all in less than five hours.
The first touched down Tuesday around 2:20 p.m. near Biola, about eight miles from Fresno. Another was spotted an hour later near Atwater. Shortly after 5 p.m., a tornado touched down in Clovis…