Monday, March 7, 2016

[californiadisasters] Storm Slams Southern California With Downpours, Isolated Flooding



A second March storm system arrived Monday morning in Southern California

By Jonathan Lloyd and Crystal Egger


[LA GALLERY] Southern California March Storms
Lynne

A fast-moving winter storm brought rain, lightning, thunder and isolated flooding Monday as the morning drive began in Southern California.

Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for much of the region early Monday as the storm slammed Ventura County before moving east into Los Angeles during the morning commute. A severe thunderstorm warning was extended to 9 a.m. for parts of San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside counties.

Power was briefly knocked out in some areas, including Los Angeles International Airport as a strong cell moved through the area. The airport was running on backup power early Monday before power was restored to all areas except two parking structures. No flight cancelations were reported.

The main band of rain from the new storm, the second of the month, passed through the Los Angeles Basin by 7 a.m. Showers are still possible through late morning and early afternoon. Flash flood watches are in place for foothill neighborhoods underneath wildfire burn areas, triggering fears of possible mudslides.

Downed trees were reported in Inglewood, Oxnard and other locations. Firefighters in Santa Ana were checking on reports of a collapsed roof at an elementary school.

The storm will have cold air behind it, an instability factor that could trigger scattered heavy rain and thunderstorms.

Heavy snow could fall down to the 5,000-foot level and on major freeway passes at The Grapevine and Cajon Pass tonight and Tuesday morning.

There was good news from the City of Los Angeles' watershed in the headwaters of the Owens River near Bishop. An estimated two feet of snow fell Sunday at Mammoth Lake, above the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

The rain from an earlier storm ending before dawn Sunday was heavy and constant in the Santa Monica Mountains. A fire station in Malibu Canyon got 2.71 inches of rain overnight, and the Malibu Civic Center got 1.3 inches.

Bel Air saw 1.65 inches, 1.22 inches fell at Century City and 1.57 inches dropped on Sherman Oaks. Los Angeles firefighters activated swiftwater rescue crews to evacuate a cluster of homeless people from the flood plain upstream of the Sepulveda Basin dam, but police did not close roadways.

The official downtown rain gauge at USC got .73 inches, Santa Ana saw .29 inches, and .48 fell at Villa Park in northeastern Orange County. Rainfall amounts in the San Gabriel Mountains were less than near the coast: 1.5 inches at Santa Anita Canyon.

The California Highway Patrol handled 150 collisions between 10 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Sunday as the first of two storms left behind rain- slick streets throughout the Southland. That's compared with 65 collisions during the same time frame last weekend, the CHP said.



Source: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/March-Storm-Rain-Flooding-Weather-371255131.html


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