[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (February 12)

On This Date In California Weather History....

2003: Heavy rains that started on 2.11 and ended on 2.14 produced the following rainfall totals: 10.15 inches at Forest Falls, 9.75 inches in Lytle Creek, 8.47 inches in Lake Arrowhead, 7.60 inches at Santiago Peak, 6.86 inches in Mira Loma, 5.15 inches in Wrightwood, 3.95 inches in Hesperia, 3.87 inches at Lake Elsinore, 3 inches at Lindbergh Field.
Local flooding resulted.

2003: Sustained winds of 66 mph with a gust of 82 mph at the base of Grapevine. Heavy rains also fell across
Kern County with 4.57" at Frazier Park and 4.25" at the Pine Mountain Club.

2001: A strong winter storm that started on 2.11 and ended on 2.13 brought two to five inches of rain to Orange County and the western Inland Empire. One to two inches fell over the rest of the lowlands. Extensive urban flooding and mud slides resulted. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Over a week of heavy snow that started on 2.6 and ended on 2.14 continued on this day. The snowfall was called "most in a decade." Five feet fell at Blue Jay and Mountain High, two feet at Snow Summit, and five to 12 inches at Apple Valley. Mountain High reported 36 inches of new snow on this day. The roof of an ice rink caved in at Blue Jay.

1999: A period of Santa Ana winds began on 2.10 and ended on this day.
Gusts of 85 mph were measured at Rialto.
Gusts to 80 mph were reported from Interstate 8, closing it.

1997: A mountain wave produced gusts as high as 81 mph at Mojave.

1992: A series of many intense storms started on 2.5 and ended on 2.16.
The storms brought a total of 20+ inches of precipitation to the mountains and eight to16+ inches to lower elevations.
Two were killed in an avalanche at Mt. Baldy.
Flash flooding, mud slides, and road closures also occurred.

1992: Flooding washed out roads and damaged a dozen homes and over 50 mobile homes in the Rosamond area.
Nearby Mojave recorded 2.25" of rain.

1927: Continual rain that started on 2.11 for six days ended on 2.17.
21.86 inches fell at Cuyamaca, 13.10 inches at El Capitan, 10.70 inches at El Cajon, 9.54 inches at La Mesa and 6.33 at San Diego.
8.30 inches fell in San Bernardino and 5.60 inches in Riverside.
Heavy warm rains melted mountain snows.
Unprecedented flow occurred on the Whitewater River.
Floods washed out roads and bridges in Thousand Palms and Palm Desert.
Levees were broken and Thermal was inundated. Several San Diego County dams overtopped, causing widespread flooding downstream.
Bridges and roads were washed out in east San Diego metro area.
Large areas of Long Beach, Fullerton and Anaheim were inundated.

Source: NWS Hanford & San Diego

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