Not sure where this one happened.
Posted on 02/18/2011 1:53:04 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE...SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS...SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS...SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.
* FROM 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL FLOW AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT AND HIGH RAINFALL RATES BELOW THE SNOW LEVEL...ESPECIALLY ON THE COASTAL SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS.
* THE RAINS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAPID RUNOFF...MUD SLIDES...DEBRIS FLOWS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...
Paper says 2 inches along the coast and 2 feet of snow could occur as low as 2,000 feet...
Checked it twice...that is what a meteorologist said according to the report in the Long Beach paper.
Arrives this afternoon....just in time for the Friday afternoon commute...
Who is so diabolical to schedule that arrival time.?
But my trimmed rose bushes are ready...ground has been loosened and fertilizer applied....
But if I see one, I'll report in immediately....lol
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY...
...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...
A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL ARRIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL BRING RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW THAT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND TAPER OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LOCAL STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WEATHER SYSTEM.
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND DYNAMIC FORCING FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. WATERSPOUTS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY ALSO DEVELOP.
ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR THE COAST AND VALLEYS...2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND 0.25 TO 1 INCH IN THE DESERTS. THERE COULD BE ISOLATED LARGER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. WITH THE HIGHER RAINFALL RATES THIS EVENING...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS PROBABLE IN THE AREAS WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS BELOW THE SNOW LEVEL.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START AT ABOUT 5500 FEET...LOWER TO ABOUT 4000 FEET SATURDAY MORNING...AND DOWN TO 3300 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING. TOP SNOWFALLS WILL EXCEED TWO FEET AT THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS...AND BETWEEN HALF A FOOT TO 18 INCHES IS LIKELY AT THE RESORT LEVELS. THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS COULD EVENTUALLY GET ABOUT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE HIGH DESERTS AND SANTA ANA MOUNTAIN PEAKS COULD ALSO GET LIGHT SNOW.
I have. Pretty scar and very dramatic. A friend saw one come through the wash by her house. Big wall of water, lots of noise, boulders, etc. Not a cloud in the sky.
Filled the first floor of some homes to the ceiling with mud!
Happened in San Bernandino County in city of Highland...near Redlands.
Viscious winds here in Bakersfield right now. Don’t know the mph, but is is very high.
Not sure where this one happened.
I've been going to the desert for many decades...There are flash flood washes everywhere below high ground...If one is stupid enough to go into a wash before or during heavy rains...??? lol....
Those that know, or have a brain, know it can happen miles away up in the mountains...Water goes down hill...No surprise..
My point is, most flash floods occur where no one is most of the time...Those dumb enough to be in OR live in low ground flash flood areas.....Well...what can ya say? They're going to get wet...
That was Dec 23 of 2010.
Thanks for the report.
I know exactly where it happened Ernest..See the uphill canyon in your pic?
This happened at the bottom or near the low end of a canyon...This never happens on high ground...lol...
People attempting to cross high fast moving water during flash floods or periods of heavy rain, get wet.
See #10
Qualcomm Stadium is at the bottom of a canyon....
lol
I talked to my Little(?) sister near Fresno this morning and she said the winds were bad but the heavy rain had bypassed them at that point in tike. She said the snow was down to 5,000’ and the weather channel showed the blinding snow on Donner with all the parked trucks...
Just now getting the leading edge ...street now wet ...between the beach and Los Alamitos Air Station.
I should expect a Freeze....here??
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