Flash Flood Warning Issued as Wet Storm Shatters Records
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Viewer nikmd sent in this picture of a tree brought down by heavy winds in Victorville. (KTLA-TV / March 20, 2011) |
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A flash flood warning has been issued for L.A. County until 9 p.m. Sunday as a fierce storm brought flood, high wind and severe thunderstorm advisories throughout the region.
As of 7 p.m. Sunday over and inch and a half of rain was registered in Downtown as intense waterfall is still expected through Monday night. About a quarter to half of an inch per hour is expected to fall in Los Angeles, causing a threat of debris flow in the burn areas. Residents in Woodland Hills are reportedly being evacuated as the collapse of a hillside caused mud and debris is sliding into homes along Holanda Road and Excelente Drive.
The National Weather Service is warning that this storm could bring flooding in the foothills and dangerously high winds in the Antelope Valley, even strong enough to knock down a power pole in the 38900 block of 8th Street in Palmdale.
As much as 2 to 4-inches is expected in the coastal and valley areas and 4 to 8-inches of rain is still predicted in the foothills between Sunday and Monday. High surf has also been predicted along the coast.
Severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued for parts of Ventura County, including Point Mugu.
Three dozen crews spent the evening working to restore power to over 10,000 customers without power in the metropolitan Los Angeles area and San Fernando Valley.
Runners brave enough to taken on the 26th annual L.A. Marathon endured winds as strong as 40mph around Dodger Stadium and faced intense showers through to the finish line.
Thousand Oaks is reported about 4 inches within the last 48 hours.
Los Angeles County mountains saw gusts of up to 81 miles per hour around 9 a.m. while Malibu Canyon registered speeds of 51 miles per hour and Burbank as high as 38 miles per hour.
Nearly 20 feet of snow has fallen so far in Lockwood Valley in the Ventura County mountains and has been falling as low at 4,000 feet in the Grapevine.
Santa Barbara County also faces a flood threat. Heavy, quick rainfall -- over 10 inches in the last two days -- caused authorities to release water from the Cachuma Lake dam Sunday afternoon. A dozen homes were temporarily threatened by the possibility of overflow.
The first storm moved in from Northern California Saturday and obscured much of the region's view of the super "perigee" moon, when the moon was at its closest point to the Earth in 20 years.
At 7 p.m., LAPD issued several road closures in the San Fernando Valley until further notice:
- Burbank Boulevard at the 405 Freeway on the eastside and Balboa Boulevard on the westside;
- Vanowen Street between Woodley and Hayvenhurst Avenue;
- Oxnard Street and Donna Avenue; and
- Balboa Boulevard between Victory and Burbank Boulevard.
The county Department of Public Works also closed parts of the Angeles Crest Highway Saturday night in anticipation of debris flow:
- Angeles Forest Highway from Aliso Canyon Road to Angeles Crest Highway;
- Big Tujunga Road between Angeles Forest Highway and Angeles Crest Highway; and
- Upper Big Tujunga Road from Angeles Forest Highway to Angeles Crest Highway.
For an updated list of road closures, visit the Department of Public Work's website: http://gis.dpw.lacounty.gov/roadclosures/main.cfm.
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