Power Outage in Los Angeles, CA

Trained weather spotters in the city of Monterey Park reported strong thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 MPH. The strong thunderstorm winds caused some roof damage and knocked down a power pole.

California Highway Patrol reported downed power lines along 4th Street East and East Avenue L4 due to thunderstorm winds. Wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 MPH.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down seven power poles near Hollywood.

A powerful winter storm brought heavy rain, heavy snow and strong winds to Southwestern California. Rainfall totals ranged from 2 to 5 inches across coastal and valleys areas with 4 to 10 inches across the foothills and mountains. Snow levels dropped down, resulting in significant snowfall across the mountains. Below 5000 feet, 6 to 12 inches of snow was reported while the resort level (greater than 6000 feet) received 2 to 5 feet of snowfall. With the snowfall and strong winds, a Blizzard Warning was issues for the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties. As for winds, peak gusts of 60 to 80 MPH were reported.

A powerful atmospheric river brought heavy rainfall, widespread flooding and gusty winds to the area. Rainfall totals generally ranged from 2-6 inches across the coastal and valley areas with 6-16 inches across the mountains and foothills. With the heavy rainfall, widespread flooding, especially across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. Strong southerly winds, gusting up to 94 MPH, were reported across the area.

A powerful winter storm impacted Southwestern California in early January. This storm generated heavy rainfall with totals ranging from 1-4 inches across the coasts and valleys with up to 7 inches over some foothill and mountain areas. At times, the rainfall was very intense, generating mud and debris including a deadly mud and debris flow in the community of Montecito. In the mountains, significant snowfall occurred at the resort level with over 6 inches of snow accumulation.

A powerful winter storm moved across Southwestern California, bringing heavy rain and snow, strong winds and flash flooding to the area. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to 6 inches across coastal areas with up to around 10 inches in the local mountains. This heavy rain produced numerous reports of flash flooding as well as mud and debris flows. In the local mountains, snowfall totals between 1 and 2 feet were reported at the resort level. Strong southerly winds accompanied the storm with wind gusts up to around 70 MPH reported in some areas.

Another powerful winter storm brought heavy rain and snow as well as strong winds to the areas. Overall, two to six inches of rain fell across the area. This heavy rain resulted in flash flooding across southern Los Angeles county. In the mountains, strong southerly winds were reported as well as significant snowfall at the resort level.

A powerful winter storm moved across Southern California, bringing heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds to the area. Flash flooding as well as mud and debris flows were reported in and around the recent burn areas of Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties. In the mountains, strong and gusty southerly winds were reported.

A powerful late season winter storm brought heavy rain and snow, flash flooding and gusty winds to Southern California. In the mountains, 5 to 10 inches of snow accumulated while winds gusted to 67 MPH. Near the Solimar burn area, heavy rain produced a mud and debris flow across Highway 101. Elsewhere, strong thunderstorm gusts knocked down several trees.

Another powerful winter storm took aim upon Southwestern California, bringing heavy rain and snow, thunderstorms, and gusty winds. Rainfall totals ranged from 0.50 to 1.50 inches across coastal and valley areas to up to 4.50 inches in the mountains. With such high rainfall totals, some significant snowfall was reported in the mountains with resort levels reporting up to 18 inches. Some severe thunderstorms developed with strong thunderstorm winds (in excess of 60 MPH) reported. Additionally, strong winds were reported across many areas.

A powerful winter storm brought heavy rain and snow, flash flooding and gusty winds to the area. Rainfall totals from this storm generally ranged between 2 and 6 inches with locally higher amounts in some foothill areas. With such rainfall amounts, there was significant snowfall totals in the local mountains with up to 28 inches of snow reported at the resort level. Additionally, the heavy rain did generate several flash flooding events including several mud and debris flows.

A powerful winter storm. which began to impact Southern California on the last day in February, continued to bring significant weather to the area through March 2nd. Rainfall totals were very impressive, ranging from 1 to 4 inches across coastal areas to between 6 and 12 inches across the mountains and foothills. This winter storm generated some intense showers which produced flash flooding and debris flows as well as some severe thunderstorms. In the mountains, the combination of 6 to 12 inches of snowfall and southerly wind gusts around 90 MPH generated winter storm conditions.

A push of monsoonal moisture produced thunderstorms across the Antelope Valley. Some of these thunderstorms were severe, producing damaging wind gusts which downed power lines.

A powerful late season winter storm brought gusty winds, heavy snow and flash flooding to Southwestern California. Across the area, rainfall amounts were very significant, ranging from 3-7.5 inches across coastal and valley areas to 5-10 inches across the foothills and mountains. This heavy rainfall produced a couple reports of flash flooding. Cold air, associated with the storm, producing low snow levels. Snowfall totals in the mountains ranged between 1 and 4 feet. Gusty south to southwest were reported with some spots experiencing very strong wind gusts in excess of 70 MPH.

Another powerful winter storm brought heavy rain, debris flows and heavy snow to Southern California. Rainfall totals with this storm ranged from 0.50 to 1.50 inches over coastal areas to between 1 and inches over the foothills and mountains. Heavy showers produced mud and debris flow near the burn areas of both Santa Barbara and Los Angeles counties. In the mountains of Los Angeles county, heavy snowfall was reported.

A powerful winter storm brought heavy rain and flash flooding to Southern California. Rainfall totals across the area ranged from 1.50 to 2.50 inches over coastal areas with up to 4.50 inches over the foothills and mountains. With such heavy rainfall, the burn areas of Los Angeles county experienced several episodes of flash flooding and debris flows.

A series of powerful winter storms affected Central and Southern California between the 18th and 22nd of January. As this series of storms moved across the area, they brought heavy rain, flash flooding, gusty winds, heavy snow and even severe weather to the area. By the 22nd, rainfall totals for this series of storms ranged from 4-8 inches over coastal areas to 8-16 inches in the foothills and mountains. Due to some very intense periods of rainfall, flash flooding and mud and debris flows occurred across the area. In the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties, 1 to 3 feet of new snowfall was reported. Strong southerly winds were common as each storm moved across the area with wind gusts as high as 71 MPH reported in some spots. Along with the rain and snow, some severe weather occurred across the area with reports of waterspouts, straight-line winds and even a weak tornado in the city of Ventura.

A powerful winter storm brought heavy rain, flash flooding, gusty winds and severe thunderstorms to Central and Southern California. Rainfall amounts for this storm ranged from 1 to 3 inches over coastal areas to between 3 and 6 inches in the mountain and foothill areas. With such heavy rainfall, there were several reports of flash flooding along with mud and debris flows near the Station Fire burn area. In San Luis Obispo county, a severe thunderstorm producing very strong winds.

A powerful early-season storm brought significant shower activity to Southern California. In some areas, these showers were intense enough to produce flash flooding and mud flows near some recent burn areas, including the Tea Fire and Barham Fire.

A cold and unseasonable upper level low pressure system brought strong winds, strong thunderstorms and flash flooding to Southern California. The upper level low first brought strong and gusty northerly winds to the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties as well as the Antelope Valley. Northerly wind gusts between 58 and 85 mph were reported by various automated sensors. As the upper low moved directly over Southern California, the winds diminished, but moisture and instability increased. Over east-central Los Angeles county, strong thunderstorms developed, producing damaging winds and heavy rain. In Azusa, severe thunderstorm winds knocked power poles and lines. In Baldwin Park, over one inch of small hail accumulated. The strong thunderstorms also brought heavy rain and flash flooding to the area. Significant flooding and lane closures were reported along Interstate 10 and Interstate 605.

A very powerful winter storm brough significant weather to Central and Southern California. This storm produced several inches of rainfall across the area. The intense rainfall produced areas of flash flooding across Ventura and Los Angeles counties, including a mud and debris flow near the Griffith Park burn area. The storm brought in a significant amounts of cold air which lowered snow levels to around 2500 feet at the height of the storm. Several inches of snowfall was reported between 2500 and 4000 feet while areas above 4000 feet received several feet of snowfall. This heavy snowfall closed Highway 33 in Ventura county as well as Interstate 5 through the Grapevine in Los Angeles county. Between 300 and 500 vehicles were stranded along Interstate 5 on Wednesday night, January 23rd. Near the Mountain High Ski Resort several avalanches occurred, killing 3 skiers. Unstable air associated with the strom system produced several reports of waterspouts west of Oxnard and Palos Verdes with one waterspout moving onshore across Point Mugu Naval Station, damaging a roof.

In early January, a powerful Pacific storm brought strong winds, heavy rainfall, flash flooding and winter storm conditions to Central and Southern California. Rainfall totals between January 4th and 6th ranged from 2 to 5 inches over coastal areas to 5 to 11 inches in the foothills and mountains. The heaviest rainfall fell over favored south-facing mountain slopes. The total amount of rainfall, combined with rainfall rates around 1 inch per hour, produced numerous reports of flooding as well as mud and debris flows. The mountains received significant snowfall, espeically at the resort levels where 12 to 24 inches of snow fell. Along with the intense precipitation, the storm brought some very strong and gusty southerly winds to the area. The strongest winds were reported across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties as well as all mountain areas. The winds knocked down trees and power lines, producing numerous power outages.

An unseasonably cold early season storm moved south from western Canada, bringing significant weather to sections of Southern California between the 20th and 22nd. Most areas received between one quarter and one inch of rainfall with locally higher amounts associated with thunderstorms. In fact, some thunderstorms produced rainfall rates up to 0.70 inches in 20 minutes. With such intense showers, numerous reports of flash flood and debris flows were received in and around recent burn areas. In addition, some gusty thunderstorms winds knocked down power poles across sections of Los Angeles county.

In late December, a fast-moving storm system moved through Southern California. The storm did not produce any significant rainfall, but did generate a severe thunderstorm with large hail in Sherman Oaks. The main weather associated with this storm system was the gusty offshore winds that developed behind the storm. The gusty winds affected Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties and gusted as high as 100 MPH. Widespread power outages were reported across the area due to downed power lines. The winds also damamged numerous orhcards across Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, resulting in over $15 million dollars of crop damage. In Lake Casitas, the winds damaged a large boat dock, scattering numerous boats across the lake. One injury due to a falling tree was reported at a campground in Santa Barbara county. Large ocean waves also occurred during this event and resulted in the death of one man who was trying to save two family members who were swept into the ocean by the large waves. The two family members swept into the ocean were eventually saved.

A powerful Pacific storm tapped into a subtropical moisture source to produce heavy rain and flash flooding across Southwestern California. Overall, rainfall totals ranged from 4 to 8 inches over coastal areas to between 10 and 20 inches in the mountains. In Ventura county, State Route 150 was closed at the Dennison Grade due to flash flooding and mudslides. In Los Angeles county, numerous roadways were closed due to mudslide and flash flooding including Interstates 5 and 10, Highway 101 in Hollywood, North Topanga Canyon Road in the San Fernando Valley, Malibu Canyon Road near Malibu and East Colima Road in Walnut. In Santa Barbara county, flash flooding and mudslides closed down Highway 101 at Bates Road. With such heavy rainfall, both the Santa Clara River and the Santa Ynez River exceeded their respective flood stages. In the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties, resort areas received between w and 4 feet of new snowfall. Preliminary damage estimates from this storm range between $8-10 million with agricultural interests in Ventura county accounting for most of the monetary damage.

A powerful Pacific storm brought heavy rain, snow, flash flooding, high winds and landslides to Central and Southern California. During the 5 day event, rainfall totals ranged from 3 to 10 inches over coastal areas with up to 32 inches in the mountains. With such copious rainfall, flash flooding was a serious problem across Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. In Santa Barbara county, flash flooding and mudslides closed Gibraltar Road at Mt. Calvary Road, stranding several vehicles, while mudslides inundated 3 homes in Lake Casitas. Across Ventura county, flash flooding and mudslides closed down Creek Road at Hermosa Road. In addition, the Ventura Beach RV Resort was flooded and Highways 1 and 126 were closed due to flooding. Across Los Angeles county, flash flooding killed a homeless man in Elysian Park, flooded a mobile home park in Santa Clarita, closed Highway 1 and caused numerous problems in Palmdale. In the mountains, 4 to 12 feet of snowfall was recorded along with southeast winds between 30 and 50 MPH with higher gusts. Across the Central Coast and in the Salinas River Valley, high winds gusting to 65 MPH knocked down numerous trees and power lines. In La Conchita, a devastating mudslide killed 10 people, destroyed 15 homes and damaged 12 other homes. Overall, damage estimates for the entire series of storms that started December 27th, 2004 and ended on January 11th, 2005 were easily over $200 million with the most damage incurred by agricultural interests in Ventura county.

A powerful Pacific storm brought heavy rain, snow and flash flooding to Southern California. Overall...thestorm dumped 1 to 4 inches of rainfall over the area with mountain locations receiving the highest amounts. The heavy rain produced flash flooding across Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. In Santa Barbara county, Cold Springs Road at State Route 192 was closed due to flash flooding and mudslides as well as the junction of Santa Susanna Pass and Rocky Peak Road. In Ventura county, the Pacific Coast Highway was closed from Point Mugu to the Ventura and Los Angeles county line. In Los Angeles county, the Pacific Coast Highway was closed from the Ventura county border to Malibu. In the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties, snow levels dropped to around 4500 feet, resulting in up to 30 inches of snowfall.

A powerful Pacific storm brought more heavy rain, snow and flash flooding to Central and Southern California. Total rainfall amounts ranged from 1 to 3 inches on the coastal plain to between 3 and 6 inches in the mountains. The heavy rain resulted in numerous reports of urban and rural flooding. Flash flooding closed Highway 101 at Gaviota. In Lopez Canyon near Paso Robles, a 62 year old man was swept down a flooded creek and was presumed dead. In the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties, snow levels dropped to around 4500 feet, resulting in snow accumulations between 8 and 16 inches. Gusty south to southeast winds between 25 and 40 mph produced mountain visibilities near zero in blowing snow.

A powerful Pacific storm brought heavy rain, snow and tornados to Central and Southern California. Total rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to 8 inches on the coastal plain to between 6 and 13 inches in the mountains. With such heavy rain, there were many hydrologic problems. Urban flooding was widespread across all of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Flash flooding was reported in Santa Barbara county along Highway 101 at the Gaviota and Winchester exits. In Los Angeles county, flash flooding and debris flows in the mountains and Santa Clarita valley closed down Interstate 5 and Hasley Canyon Road. In Rancho Palos Verdes, a mudslide on 25th Street trapped two vehicles. In the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties, winter storm conditions prevailed. Between 12 and 36 inches of snow fell above the 5000 foot elevation while southeast winds between 30 and 50 mph with gusts to 75 mph resulted in near zero visibilities in blowing snow. On the coastal plain of Los Angeles county, weak tornados were reported in Long Beach, Inglewood and Whittier. The tornados only produced minor damage including downed trees and damaged roofs.

A powerful early-season storm brought heavy rain and flash flooding to Central and Southern California. The storm dumped 1 to 4 inches of rainfall across coast and valley locations and between 6 and 12 inches of rain in the mountains. In Santa Barbara county, flash flooding and mudslides were reported along Highway 154 near the intersection of Summit Road and at the entrance to Gaviota State Park. In Los Angeles county, flash flooding and mudslides were reported at the junction of Angeles Forest Highway and Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road. In the same area...a guard at the Wildlife Waystation drowned when his car was swept away when he crossed a flooded wash. In Santa Clarita, flash flooding affected a trailer park, stranding over 100 residents in their homes.

A large and powerful thunderstorm produced heavy rain in excess of 5 inches in less than two hours, flash flooding and hail across South Central Los Angeles county. Hail accumulations in the area were over 5 inches. Numerous intersections were flooded with several feet of water, stranding thousands of motorists during rush hour. Over 130 homes and businesses experienced significant damage due to flooding and hail. Damage was so significant that South Central Los Angeles county was declared a state disaster area. Overall, damage estimates were around $3.5 million for the area.

Severe thunderstorms developed across the Antelope Valley in northeastern Los Angeles county. In Lake Los Angeles, penny-size hail was reported. In Lancaster, thunderstorm wind gusts of 65 MPH were reported. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, resulting in widespread power outages.

Powerful Santa Ana winds buffeted Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Northeast winds gusting up to 75 mph knocked down numerous trees and power lines across the area. On Highway 126 in Ventura county, road closures were reported due to downed trees. In the Santa Monica mountain area, north of Malibu, the Santa Ana winds fueled a 2,200 acre brush fire which destroyed two structures.

A powerful and slow-moving storm brought heavy rain, strong winds and snow to Central and Southern California. Across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, rainfall totals ranged from 2 to 6 inches over coastal and valley areas to 6 to 13 inches in the mountains. In San Luis Obispo county, the heavy rain produced numerous flooding. In Oceano, the Arroyo Grande Creek overflowed, destroying numerous crops and damaging one home. Also, the Pacific Dunes RV Park was flooded, stranding several residents. In Arroyo Grande, flooding along Corbett Creek damaged 4 homes and 5 classrooms in Arroyo Grande High School. In Pismo Beach, flooding along Pismo Creek damaged some homes in Pismo Court Village. In Nipomo, several small streams flooded, damaging 20 to 30 homes. In Creston, the heavy rain produced widespread urban flooding. Widespread flooding also occurred across Santa Barbara county. The Santa Barbara Airport was flooded when the Las Vegas and Mission Creeks overflowed. Many reports of mudslides were received from Santa Barbara county. In addition, the extreme rainfall and runoff resulted in flooding along the Santa Ynez River. Along the Santa Ynez River, the peak river stage reached 21 feet which was 9 feet above flood stage. Across Ventura and Los Angeles counties, rainfall totals were somewhat less, but still very significant. Ventura county received between 3 and 12 inches of rainfall while Los Angeles county received 1 to 3 inches. This heavy rainfall produced numerous flooding and mudslides. Near Fillmore, South Mountain and Guiberson Roads were closed due to mudslides. In Malibu, mudslides closed sections of Corral Canyon and Malibu Canyon Roads. Across Central and Southern California, strong southeasterly winds accompanied the storm. Widespread winds between 30 and 50 MPH with stronger gusts were reported from the coastal areas to the mountains. In the mountains of Ventura and Los Angeles counties, winter storm conditions developed with snowfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches, gusty southeast winds and visibilities near zero in blowing snow and dense fog.

A powerful Pacific storm brought heavy rain, heavy snow and gusty winds to Central and Southern California. Overall, 2 to 8 inches of rain fell across the area, producing numerous reports of urban flooding. With the storm, snow levels fell to around 1500 feet in some areas. Ski resorts reported between 3 to 7 feet of new snowfall. With such low snow levels, the Cuyama and Antelope Valleys reported between 4 to 8 inches of snowfall. Along with the precipitation, gusty south winds of 40 to 60 mph developed in the mountains. Across coastal and valley areas of Ventura and Los Angeles counties, southeast winds of 30 to 50 mph developed and produced some damage. The worst wind damage was in San Pedro Harbor where several docks were damaged and even one boat was sunk.

A powerful winter storm brought heavy rain, heavy snow and strong winds to Central and Southern California. Total rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to 5 inches across coastal areas...with between 5 to 10 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation in the mountains. Due to very dry soil conditions, flash flooding did not occur. However...numerous reports of urban flooding were received, including the cities of Orcutt, Mount Olympus and Pasadena. This storm also dropped snow levels down to around 3000 feet, producing very significant snowfall in the mountains. At resort levels, above 6000 feet, snowfall totals ranged between 2 and 4 feet. Between 3000 and 6000 feet, snowfall totals ranged from 8 to 24 inches. Along with the heavy snow, southerly winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph produced widespread visibilities of one mile or less in blowing snow across the mountains.

A severe thunderstorm struck southern sections of Los Angeles County. The thunderstorm produced large hail and powerful microburst winds, estimated between 80 and 100 MPH. The first report of damage occurred in Paramount where over 30 mobile homes sustained structural damage with even one mobile home blown over. From Paramount, the severe storm moved across the communities of Bellflower, Downey, Norwalk, Whittier, La Mirada, Rowland Heights and Diamond Bar. Along the storm path, widespread structural damage was reported to homes and businesses, including the destruction of chimneys and concrete walls. In addition, numerous trees and power poles were blown down. In Norwalk, a 100 foot eucalyptus tree was blown down across Interstate 5, closing all southbound lanes for over three hours. In Downey, three-quarter inch hail was reported along with the powerful microburst winds.

On the 17th, a powerful Pacific storm brough heavy rain to Southern California. Rainfall totals ranged from 1 to 4 inches across the area. Widespread street flooding was reported. In Santa Barbara, many freeway underpasses were closed due to flooding. In Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, numerous reports of urban flooding were received.

A severe thunderstorm struck the city of Long Beach. Downburst winds, gusting up to 70 mph, blew down numerous power poles near the intersection of Stearn Street and Redondo Lane.

A powerful Pacific storm brought snow and rain to Southern California. The storm produced 10 to 16 inches of snowfall in the mountains. In fact, snow levels dropped to near 2000 feet which resulted in the closure of many mountain highways, including Highways 14 and 33. Unstable air, associated with the storm, generated heavy showers. These heavy showers produced widespread street flooding across Los Angeles County.

A powerful Pacific storm brought heavy rain, thunderstorms and snow to Southern California. Heavy showers produced flash flooding in the hills north of Arcadia, where Santa Anita Canyon Road was washed out and mud flows occurred in Arcadia. In Central Los Angeles, gusty thunderstorm winds damaged roofs and blew down power lines. In fact, one power line, when blown down, electrified a metal fence which electrocuted a woman. Fortunately, the woman only suffered minor injuries. In the mountains, 10 to 18 inches of snow was reported.

A powerful winter storm brought heavy rain and snow to Central and Southern California. Heavy rain, totalling 2 to 6 inches, produced flash flooding across Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. In Ventura and Los Angeles counties, flash flooding and mudslides closed parts of San Gabriel Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest as well as Highway 150 near Lake Casitas and Highway 33 near Wheeler Gorge. In Goleta, Las Vegas Creek overflowed, flooding Goleta Valley Junior High School as well as Twin Lakes Golf Course. In addition, the heavy showers resulted in numerous reports of street flooding across the area. In the mountains, 12 to 22 inches of new snow was reported. Numerous thunderstorms were reported across the area, producing small hail and even a waterspout south of Santa Barbara airport.