On a Scale of One to WTF

I think all the Nor Cal kids must be laughing their heads off right now. Currently it's been raining like crazy in Irvine for the last couple of days along with a significant amount of wind...and apparently some signs of the apocalypse.

But apparently winds of 10-20 mph justify getting an alert of a Tornado in Irvine.
Tornado. In. Irvine.

Let's run through the facts of what exactly a tornado is alright kids?

Weak Tornadoes
Last 1-10+ Minutes
Winds of less than 110 mph

Strong Tornadoes
Last 20+ Minutes
Winds of 110-205 mph

Violent Tornadoes
Last over an hour
Winds over 210 mph

That's a general classification, however the official classification of tornadoes goes by a scale called the Fujita Scale or F0-F6

Regardless, to be even an F0 tornado the winds have to be between 40-72 mph. As it stands right now, we're currently experiencing winds of about 11 mph according to weather.com and it might grow to 20 mph.

I think this may be evidence of how little the weather changes in Southern California and how we tend to overreact about it. Don't get me wrong, I love the weather in So Cal, I love that it's very temperate, but c'mon people. A tornado warning is a little too much. A high wind warning is more realistic.

And as I am writing this it now looks like this outside:


Notice the lack of winds now...or...rain clouds for that matter...

AKA NOT THIS!!


So in conclusion on a scale of One to WTF how did I react to the tornado warning? With a resounding WTF.