On Monday night, many Central Coast residents received an alert on their phones, informing them that there was the potential for a tornado.

“I honestly, I was expecting to get an earthquake warning before tornado warning in San Luis Obispo," said local resident Akshay Strawn. "So to get the tornado warning was definitely a bit of like, okay, so anything can really happen.”

Michael Reed, who lives in northern San Luis Obispo County, says he didn’t get the notification.

“Emergency alerts matter," Reed said. "Being in a place here where we've had a lot of flooding, there's been history of fires and things like that, getting an alert is super important, so I was a little concerned not to receive it.”

Most people don't expect a tornado to roll through the Central Coast. KSBY Meteorologist V

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