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Thursday, January 12, 2017
Storm slams into Southern California, bringing flood risk, snow, mudslide warning
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new rainstorm moved into Southern California on Thursday, prompting the
National Weather Service to issue a flood advisory for much of Los
Angeles County through 9:15 a.m. Forecasters said southern and eastern
Los Angeles …
Storm slams into Southern California, bringing flood risk, snow, mudslide warning
Sarah Parvini, Joseph Serna, Shelby Grad
Forecasters said southern and eastern Los Angeles County would be hardest hit by the storm.
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Officials warned of potential mud flows in areas affected by wildfires last year and heavy rains in the afternoon, when there will be a slight chance of thunderstorms. There have been reports of road flooding in Altadena, the weather service said. Storm debris caused delays for Metro commuters on the Gold Line in Pasadena on Thursday morning.
The snow level was expected to drop to 3,500 feet, causing potential problems — including icy conditions — for the Grapevine north of Los Angeles.
Laurel Canyon Boulevard in the Hollywood Hills was closed Wednesday afternoon after a home’s rear balcony collapsed onto the road.
No one was injured but the building was red-tagged, displacing the residents, officials said. Homes on either side of the property were yellow-tagged by Los Angeles’ Building and Safety Department, meaning residents can stay in them but can’t go into their backyards until the city determines it’s safe.
The earth underneath the home, in the 8100 block of Gould Avenue, was saturated and gave way, sending a 9,000-pound slab of concrete and a retaining wall sliding 20 feet down to Laurel Canyon Boulevard, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
In Northern California, officials began assessing the damage from the most powerful series of storms in recent years.
The storms drenched the Bay Area and created blizzard conditions in parts of the Sierra Nevada over the last week. The storms dramatically boosted the Sierra snowpack — a key source of water for California — to 158% of normal and made a significant dent in the state’s six-year drought.
But the weather systems also left a path of destruction. The storms are being investigated as likely causes of at least four deaths.
Numerous Northern California and Nevada rivers flooded, forcing thousands to flee their homes. While the storms were beginning to taper off Wednesday, officials said they are still on high alert.
“The ground is saturated,” said Edan Weishahn, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s Reno office. “They can’t handle any more water, so any more we get, it’s all runoff into the streets.”
In Guerneville in Sonoma County, the Russian River flooded from the combination of melting snow and more than 12 inches of rain that have fallen since early last week across the region. Hundreds of Sonoma County residents were displaced as the waters peaked at 37.7 feet, said Jennifer Larocque, a spokeswoman for Sonoma County’s Transportation and Public Works department.
Forecasters expect another series of storms to hit California next week.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
California Braces for Series of El Niño-Fueled Storms Delivering Rain, Snow, Heavy Winds
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Bone-dry California is going to get drenched with rain — and a lot of it …
Bone-dry California is going to get drenched
with rain — and a lot of it — as a series of dangerous and powerful
storms sweep over the state this weekend.
While forecasters expected El Niño weather patterns to help mitigate California's drought, a month of dry, warm weather left them wondering if the weather phenomenon might not deliver the snow and rain they had anticipated.
But a cluster of storms that began Friday will pound the Golden State over the next couple of days, bringing snow to mountain regions and up to 10 inches of rain in some northern areas, said Weather Channel meteorologist Michael Palmer.
While forecasters expected El Niño weather patterns to help mitigate California's drought, a month of dry, warm weather left them wondering if the weather phenomenon might not deliver the snow and rain they had anticipated.
But a cluster of storms that began Friday will pound the Golden State over the next couple of days, bringing snow to mountain regions and up to 10 inches of rain in some northern areas, said Weather Channel meteorologist Michael Palmer.
The heavy storms are expected to continue from central California northward to Washington state until Friday, and some areas could see up to 10 inches of rain by next weekend, Palmer said.
The downpours will likely be accompanied by heavy, damaging winds.
Meanwhile, elevations above 7,000 feet will accumulate about 3 feet of snow, while lower elevations — where travel could be affected — might also see snowfall, according to Weather.com.
While the rain and snow is needed in drought-stricken California, National Weather Service officials warned that the series of storms could cause coastal flooding and power outages. Trees, brittle from the drought, are at a high risk of toppling because of heavy winds, and areas burned by wildfires are at a high risk of mudslides and rockslides, Weather.com reported.
Southern California won't be spared either. Los Angeles and San Diego will get about 1-3 inches of rain over the weekend, and coastal areas can expect flooding, damaging surf and high rip currents, according to Weather.com.
Surfer Pete Weafer told NBC San Diego that he tried taking his board out Friday in Pacific Beach, but conditions were already too choppy. He recommended that beginners stay out of the water this weekend.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Rain, snow, high winds in the Mt. Shasta area forecast
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Rain, snow, high winds in the Mt. Shasta area forecast
- The National Weather Service is predicting “a very wet and potent system” to move into the Mt. Shasta area Wednesday night, Dec. 9. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 4 p.m. Thursday to 4 a.m. Friday and a High Wind Warning is in effect above 5,000 feet from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. Thursday.
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Mt. Shasta area, Calif.The National Weather Service is predicting “a very wet and potent system” to move into the Mt. Shasta area Wednesday night, Dec. 9.
Precipitation is predicted to continue through Thursday evening with snow levels starting around 6,000 to 7,000 feet then lowering to 4,000 to 4,500 feet by late Thursday morning.
Light snow is predicted to “continue into the weekend... with more heavy snow possible this weekend,” according to a NWS Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 4 p.m. Thursday to 4 a.m. Friday.
Snow accumulations during that time are predicted at 3 to 5 inches at elevations between 4,000 and 4,500 feet and 8 to 10 inches above 5,000 feet.
The NWS has also issued a High Wind Warning for areas of South Central Siskiyou County above 5,000 feet from 1 a.m. to 7 a.m. Thursday.
A high wind warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected with sustained wind speeds of at least 50 miles per hour or gusts of 75 mph or more.
For more information, see this National Weather Service Watches, Warnings & Advisories page.
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