We have all heard about the huge snowfall piling up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains along the California-Nevada border...with as much as 19 feet in the high country above 7,000 feet elevation.
But lower down, there has been so much rainfall that flash-flooding has been a critical problem. The one big plus in all of this is that it brings some relief to water starved Southern California reservoirs. The snow melt in the spring will also help.
Here are some rainfall amounts just in the last FOUR DAYS!
SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURIA COUNTY
14.94 inches at Los Prietos
23.74 at San Marcos Pass
7.16 at the Los Angeles NWS Forecast Office at Oxnard
20.83 at Matilija Dam (in the western valley of Ventura County)
26.39 at Nordoff Ridge
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
6.32 inches in downtown Loa Angeles
6.12 at Santa Monica Airport
10.57 in Beverly Hills
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
27.64 inches at Opids Camp
20.55 at Tanbark
18.04 at Mt. Baldy
That 27.64 inches is equal to one-half of Birmingham's normal rainfall for an entire year!
But lower down, there has been so much rainfall that flash-flooding has been a critical problem. The one big plus in all of this is that it brings some relief to water starved Southern California reservoirs. The snow melt in the spring will also help.
Here are some rainfall amounts just in the last FOUR DAYS!
SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURIA COUNTY
14.94 inches at Los Prietos
23.74 at San Marcos Pass
7.16 at the Los Angeles NWS Forecast Office at Oxnard
20.83 at Matilija Dam (in the western valley of Ventura County)
26.39 at Nordoff Ridge
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
6.32 inches in downtown Loa Angeles
6.12 at Santa Monica Airport
10.57 in Beverly Hills
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
27.64 inches at Opids Camp
20.55 at Tanbark
18.04 at Mt. Baldy
That 27.64 inches is equal to one-half of Birmingham's normal rainfall for an entire year!
on January 10, 2005, 9:47 pm
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