Funnel Cloud Knocks Out Power to 1,500
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A funnel cloud raced through San Francisco Sunday, knocking down power lines and damaging several rooftops, police said.
The whirling cloud -- which National Weather Service meteorologists said they believe was a tornado -- was spotted at 3:40 p.m. After racing northeast, it dissipated over San Francisco Bay about 4 p.m. Officials said about 1,500 people were temporarily without power.
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