BATTENING DOWN PALMDALE, LANCASTER BRACE FOR STORM.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - Public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. crews piled sandbags sandbags small sacks containing sand used to support an anesthetized animal in dorsal recumbency and prevent it from rolling sideways during anesthesia or surgery. and checked roads and storm drains for mud left from the Christmas storm as the National Weather Service posted a flash-flood watch in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley and warned snow is possible. Possible thunderstorms thunderstorms a storm characterized by thunder and lightning caused by strong rising air currents; identified as agents of animal disease because of their involvement causing (1) spasmodic colic; (2) lightning strike; (3) injuries of cattle acquired in stampedes initiated by storms. , a snow level down to 3,000 feet and winds of 20 to 30 mph, with stronger gusts, were predicted for today, though forecasters advised that an uncertain storm track could keep the heaviest rainfall in central California. ``We have been preparing for this kind of situation for the past three months or so,'' Lancaster Public Works Director Randy Williams said Monday. In the Angeles National Forest The Angeles National Forest (ANF) was established by executive order on December 20, 1892 as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. It covers over 2,600 km² (650,000 acres) and is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Los Angeles County, just north of the metropolitan area of Los , a crew erected concrete barriers along a stretch of Bouquet Canyon Road in hope of preventing the rising Bouquet Creek from washing across the highway, said Cid Morgan, the Santa Clara-Mojave rivers district ranger. Today's storm is expected to dwindle dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. to showers Wednesday morning - meaning a mostly dry New Year's Eve - but a new storm is expected to arrive Thursday night, bringing a chance of rain through the weekend. In some places, including the Grapevine on Interstate 5 and the Antelope Valley foothills, the snow level could fall to 3,000 feet. Downtown Palmdale is about 2,700 feet and central Lancaster about 2,400 feet. The Tejon Pass is about 4,100 feet. For the San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. , the Weather Service issued a flash-flood watch below 6,000 feet and a storm watch above 6,000 feet. The snow level was predicted to be around 6,500 feet, with the storm bringing winds of 35 to 50 mph and gusts over 60 mph. As the storm progresses, the snow level will drop to about 6,000 feet tonight. From 4 inches to 12 inches of snow could fall around 6,500 feet, with 12 to 18 inches above 7,500 feet. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) A city crew piles sandbags along Tierra Subida Avenue in Palmdale on Monday. Thunderstorms are possible today. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer (2 -- color) A crew has erected concrete barriers along a stretch of Bouquet Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest to try to stop the rising creek from washing out the pavement. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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