CA: Flash-Flood Warning Issued - Singles Out Julian and Cuyamaca

NBC San Diego ^ | November 12, 2003 | nbcsandiego.com

[BunnySlippers]

Yup, LAX flights being diverted to Ontario.

[BunnySlippers]

2 1/2 inches an hour in Lynwood.

[lainie]

dang!

[lainie]

brand new breaking-news thread for rain storms

[lainie]

new flash flood warnings. . .

SW San Bernardino County
NW Riverside County

[al baby]

Here comes the floods

[lainie]

Funny enough (actually not funny), the warnings about mud and ash slides in the burn areas has fallen by the wayside in the coverage.

[lainie]

Ch. 7 said Detroit had a record high today, and rain, and tomorrow the jet stream will fall.. and they're forecasting snow.

[BenLurkin]

RIght at the evening commute. Classic!

Think I'll work late tonight,(here down below) got plenty to do anyway.

[lainie]

How is it where you are? booming?

[BenLurkin]

Affirmative.

[BurbankKarl]

FLOODING:

On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at approximately 1615 hours (4:15 p.m.) a powerful storm settled over the South Los Angeles, Watts, Lynwood, and Compton area. At least 30 fire companies and other support vehicles under Battalion Commander Michael Rhodes responded to the incidents below in the South Los Angeles area. As a result of the powerful storm, hundreds of vehicles were stalled in water up to four feet deep. Hundreds of individuals were trapped inside their vehicles, on top, and in the water near their vehicles. Firefighter using their vehicles traversed the deep water in the intersections to rescue the stranded victims. Also, Firefighters waded in the knee-deep water tethered off to their vehicles and building to reach the helpless motorists. As a result of the actions by Firefighters and Paramedics more than one hundred motorists were rescued from in, on, and around their vehicles. Firefighters and Paramedics responded to over one hundred and twenty calls for help during a three-hour period of time (wires down, flood, pole etc..). The storm dropped approximately 5.2 inches of rain during a 2-3 hour period of time. It could not be readily determined if there were injuries associated with the many incidents firefighters responded to during the height of the storm. If there were injuries associated with this storm, they will probably be listed as minor. There were no Firefighter injuries and no stalled rescue vehicles. Additional information on these incidents in the South Los Angeles area is still being accumulated.

**Not all of these incidents were in the So Los Angeles area.

[BurbankKarl]

Keith Washington covers his friend, Precious Byrd, 12, in hail as they play in the hail-covered street in the Watts section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. A freak storm pummeled parts of Southern California with up to 5 inches of rain and hail Wednesday night, forcing inner city motorists to abandon swamped cars at the height of rush hour and leaving thousands of residents without power. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Araceli Hinojosa, 5, shovels piles of hail from her street in the Watts section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003, after a freak storm pummeled parts of Southern California with up to five inches of rain and hail Wednesday night. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)