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Major rain overnight in so Cal causes huge problems

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:53 pm
by weatherlover427
The season's first big rainfall fell overnight Saturday night and into early Sunday morning in southern California, bringing with it cleaner air, slick roads, and heavy rain; among other things.

In my area, it brought a cloudburst just as the sun began to rise. It rained so hard that my carport flooded out. :eek: Here are a few pictures:

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This is the cloud that produced the heavy rains. It may not look too ominous to you but that is because the sun was just coming up as I took these pictures.

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This is a picture of a bunch of standing water at the other end of my street.

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Note how much the water has ponded up on the carport on the right. This is my carport. :eek:

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Note how you can see the reflection of my patio window in the empty space. This is because there is standing water there. :eek:

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This is a slightly blurry picture of the (now empty but muddy) planter outside my back door.

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All in all we have recorded around 2/3" of rain so far from this storm. More rain is on the way within the next few days.

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:53 pm
by Wnghs2007
Ewwww. Thats nasty looking. Hopefully all is now alright?

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:32 pm
by yoda
Its good you guys got some rain.. but did you guys need tha much? :eek:

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:57 am
by weatherlover427
For now. It is still raining off and on but not as heavy as early this morning.

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:36 pm
by Wnghs2007
Joshua21Young wrote:For now. It is still raining off and on but not as heavy as early this morning.



Thats good to hear. :)

Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:02 pm
by CaptinCrunch
That system brought heavy rains up and down the coast yesterday, some much needed rain to the drought areas of CA.

Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 3:23 am
by riverratmike
well here in Lake Havasu City, AZ nothing as of yet. Had a partly cloudy day but no rain. I'm waiting. Hope to get some lightning out of the next approching storm...