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October 23, 2012
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South county twister confirmed as tornado

Laura Seeman said she didn’t actually see a tornado touch down in southern Nevada County Monday night, but her Midwest upbringing — and the Tuesday morning aftermath — have her certain that’s what tore through the Lake of the Pines area. That tornado was one of four funnel clouds confirmed to have touched down in the greater Sacramento area Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Seeman said she was seated in a Higgins Corner beauty salon when she heard an all-too-familiar sound of a locomotive train, although the closest railroad was miles away in Colfax. “I’d been through tornadoes …

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