UPDATED WITH TORNADO WARNING EXTENDING TO ORANGE COUNTY . . .
ABC News reports the tornado warning previously issued for Long Beach and south-central Los Angeles County now includes the Orange County communities of Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Westminster, Garden Grove, Irvine, Fullerton, Costa Mesa and Anaheim.
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ABC7's Eileen Frere, reporting from Seal Beach, says police are clearing the beach because of a tornado six miles off the coast
CNN had minutes earlier announced a tornado warning for Long Beach and south-central LA County for the twister that at the time was 16 miles southwest of Long Beach and heading in an east-northeast direction at 15 to 25 mph, according to the National Weather Service's Los Angeles office.
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