Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Los Angeles, CA

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES, CA
1255 PM PST WED AUG 09 1989

 FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FROM THE SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON AUGUST 8 1989.

THUNDERSTORMS FORMED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF MANY OF THE MOUNTAIN
RANGES DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES PRODUCED HEAVY
SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER REACHES OF THE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS
IN THE VALLEY AREAS.

509PM PDT...INYO COUNTY...10S OF LONE PINE. HEAVY RAINS IN THE MOUNTAINS
            CAUSED MUD TO COVER ALL 4 LANES OF U.S. 395 APPROXIMATELY
            1-1 1/2 FT DEEP. ROAD CLOSED FROM 515PM TO 430AM WED.

706PM PDT...INYO COUNTY...OLANCHA. APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTH AND SOUTH
            OF HIGHWAYS 395/190 JUNCTION. FLOW FROM MOUNTAIN THUNDER/
            STORMS WASHED CONSIDERABLE DEBRIS INTO AQUEDUCT COMPLETELY
            DAMMING IT. WATER AND MUD WAS OVER HIGHWAY JUNCTION AREA.
            1 MILE OF AQUEDUCT COMPLETELY FILLED WITH DEBRIS AND MORE
            THAN 1 MILE WITH VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF DEBRIS. 10-14 DAYS
            ESTIMATED TO CLEAR.

SOME DEBRIS OVER HIGHWAY 168 NEAR DEEP SPRINGS AREA ESE OF BISHOP DUE
TO HEAVY RAINS. LOCAL FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE SHERWOOD CREEK AREA
SW OF BISHOP IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IN MONO COUNTY...LOCAL FLOODING 10-15 W OF LEE VINING WHERE HEAVY RAIN
REPORTED FOR 1-2 HOURS. ROCK AND DEBRIS SLIDES NEAR TIOGA PASS WITH
A CAR OFF THE ROAD DURING MORNING OF AUG 8 DUE TO RAINS.

RAINFALL REPORTS...
OAK CREEK        .40            CAINE RANCH               .61
ROUND VALLEY     .10            TINAMAHA...S OF BIG PINE. .08
BENTON           .13            LONE PINE           OVER 1.00
ROCK CREEK       .10            INDEPENDENCE              .18
WILD ROSE        .08            HAIWEE                    .08
STOVEPIPE WELLS  .20            BISHOP                     T
BIG PINE         .21            MAMMOTH LAKES       OVER 1.00
LONG VALLEY      .39

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