2003: A lightning strike ignited a fire in a stack of 800 bales of hay near Porterville.
2003: Thunderstorms developed in the mountains and the desert, dropping three inches of rain in at Yucca Valley, 2.63" in one hour and seven minutes in San Felipe Valley, and 1.92" in two hours in Ocotillo Wells.
Flash flooding hit five residences in Yucca Valley.
Three lost their lives and two swift water rescues were made from trapped vehicles in Twentynine Palms.
Numerous washes were flooded.
Hwy. S2 near Warner Springs was closed to flooding.
2.60" fell in Big Bear Lake, the greatest daily amount on record for August.
1997: The remnants of Tropical Storm Ignacio tracked northward moving inland in central California with gale force winds over portions of the Southern California coastal waters. This occurred during the strong El Niño of 1997-98.
1995: Heavy rains during the night of August 20-21 drop 1.94" of rain on Mojave.
This amount is 31.6% of Mojave's normal seasonal rainfall of 6.14".
The normal monthly rainfall for August at Mojave is 0.20".
1990: Portola recorded 2.02" of precipitation.
1984: Flooding at Onyx.
Sodie Creek overflowed its banks resulting in four homes being damaged by mud and one home washing away.
0.66" of rain fell in just 40 minutes.
1972: Dust storms in the far south end of the San Joaquin Valley cause two fatal chain-reaction accidents.
One, on Interstate 5, involved 30 vehicles and resulted in four fatalities and 80 injuries.
The other, on Highway 99 south of Bakersfield, involved 50 vehicles and resulted in 3 fatalities and 16 injuries.
1921: The remnants of a tropical cyclone tracked northward into western Arizona from central Baja California generating rainfall of up to 2" in the deserts and southern mountains of southern California on this day and on 8.21.
This occurred during the La Niña of 1920-21.
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
--
Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters/
Read my blog at http://eclecticarcania.blogspot.com/
My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/derkimster
Linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kim-noyes/9/3a1/2b8
Follow me on Twitter @DisasterKim
2003: Thunderstorms developed in the mountains and the desert, dropping three inches of rain in at Yucca Valley, 2.63" in one hour and seven minutes in San Felipe Valley, and 1.92" in two hours in Ocotillo Wells.
Flash flooding hit five residences in Yucca Valley.
Three lost their lives and two swift water rescues were made from trapped vehicles in Twentynine Palms.
Numerous washes were flooded.
Hwy. S2 near Warner Springs was closed to flooding.
2.60" fell in Big Bear Lake, the greatest daily amount on record for August.
1997: The remnants of Tropical Storm Ignacio tracked northward moving inland in central California with gale force winds over portions of the Southern California coastal waters. This occurred during the strong El Niño of 1997-98.
1995: Heavy rains during the night of August 20-21 drop 1.94" of rain on Mojave.
This amount is 31.6% of Mojave's normal seasonal rainfall of 6.14".
The normal monthly rainfall for August at Mojave is 0.20".
1990: Portola recorded 2.02" of precipitation.
1984: Flooding at Onyx.
Sodie Creek overflowed its banks resulting in four homes being damaged by mud and one home washing away.
0.66" of rain fell in just 40 minutes.
1972: Dust storms in the far south end of the San Joaquin Valley cause two fatal chain-reaction accidents.
One, on Interstate 5, involved 30 vehicles and resulted in four fatalities and 80 injuries.
The other, on Highway 99 south of Bakersfield, involved 50 vehicles and resulted in 3 fatalities and 16 injuries.
1921: The remnants of a tropical cyclone tracked northward into western Arizona from central Baja California generating rainfall of up to 2" in the deserts and southern mountains of southern California on this day and on 8.21.
This occurred during the La Niña of 1920-21.
Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego
--
Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters/
Read my blog at http://eclecticarcania.blogspot.com/
My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/derkimster
Linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kim-noyes/9/3a1/2b8
Follow me on Twitter @DisasterKim
__._,_.___
No comments:
Post a Comment