ROAD CLOSED FLOODED STREETS MAY BE REOPENED BY FRIDAY.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - More than 30 streets and roads closed by weekend rain are expected to reopen to traffic by Friday, weather permitting, Lancaster and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County officials said. More than 2.1 inches of rain fell on Palmdale between Thursday evening and Monday afternoon, National Weather Service records show. ``There's a lot of water out there,'' said Randy Williams For the baseball player, see . Randy Williams (born 23 August,1953) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. He competed for the United States in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the long jump where he won the gold medal. , Lancaster's director of 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. . The weekend storm boosted Palmdale's rainfall total for this season to 13.72 inches as of Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. , more than double the normal 4.94 inches that falls by Feb. 20. Palmdale has had more rain than Portland, Ore., which at 12.72 inches is less than 60 percent its normal, and almost as much as Seattle, which has had 15.7 inches - about two-thirds of normal. With at least a month to go in the usual Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, rainy season, 2004-05 is already among the 10 wettest 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 years on record. The record for rainfall since weather records began in 1931 in Palmdale is 18.41 inches, set in 1940-41, Weather Service records show. The weekend rain flooded and, in a few cases, undermined pavement on dozens of streets, mostly in the eastern Antelope Valley. Most of those streets had been closed after the Jan. 9-10 storm but had been reopened. Angeles Forest Highway The Angeles Forest Highway traverses the Angeles National Forest and connects the Los Angeles basin to the Antelope Valley by going up and over the San Gabriel Mountains. The highway is variously known as County Road N-3 or FH-59 or the Palmdale cutoff. It is about 25 miles long. , a prime commuter route for Antelope Valley residents who work in Pasadena, was closed by rockslides but is expected to reopen Thursday. Lake Hughes Road Hughes Road is an arterial road in South Mumbai linking Opera House with Kemps Corner. To the left is Malabar Hill. , used by commuters between the Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , was closed by mudslides but is expected to reopen Friday. An additional 13 roads remain closed from the Jan. 9-10 storm, including Bouquet Canyon Road and San Francisquito Canyon Road. West of Lake Hughes on Monday, firefighters pulled a motorist from a vehicle stuck in rushing water. In Quartz Hill, firefighters said they had been shooing youngsters out of rain-swollen ditches - not because they might get swept away, but because the dirty water probably contains microorganisms that could sicken them. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service put today's chance of precipitation at 60 percent in the Antelope Valley, with isolated 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. expected to give way to scattered showers in the afternoon. Wednesday's skies are expected to be partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy skies are predicted Thursday and Friday, with mostly sunny skies Saturday and temperatures in the 50s to mid 60s. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com Ten wettest years in Palmdale since 1931 Measured July 1-June 30 1940-41 18.41 1992-93 17.75 1951-52 17.62 1943-44 17.37 1997-98 16.08 1977-78 15.06 1982-83 15.05 1957-58 14.02 2004-05 13.72 (as of Feb. 20) 1991-92 12.50 Source: National Weather Service records CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Cars gingerly make their way through flooding at Rancho Vista Boulevard at 10th Street West in Palmdale on Monday morning, right. Cascading flood waters caused the closure of Palmdale Boulevard on Monday after heavy rains overnight, below. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Box: Ten wettest years in Palmdale since 1931 (see text) |
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