SURPRISE HAIL PELTS A.V. AREA.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer A surprise winter storm Monday brought brief snow flurries and BB-sized hail in parts of 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 , high winds in Mojave, and several fender-bender traffic collisions, officials said. Snow was reported near Escondido Summit but was not sticking, and residents said they spotted hail in Lancaster and Acton. ``I just saw some hail, very light hail,'' Acton resident Don Wakelin said. ``It was near the downtown area and very shortlived, about four to five minutes.'' At Mojave Airport, air traffic controllers recorded wind gusts as high as 67 to 68 mph. Kern County Sheriff's said no damage was reported from the wind. The California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. 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 Sheriff's deputies reported several minor traffic collisions during the storm. The CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan said one fender-bender collision occurred near Syracuse Street and Crown Valley Road in Acton, and one car spun out at the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. and Santiago Canyon Road. The National Weather Service said the stormy weather was the result of colder, polar air coming in from the southern Gulf of Alaska Noun 1. Gulf of Alaska - a gulf of the Pacific Ocean between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world over Southern California and forcing warmer air aloft, causing cooling and condensation. ``We've been getting reports of small pea- and bean-sized hail in the San Fernando and Antelope valleys,'' said weather service specialist Bill Hoffer. Today's forecast calls for mostly sunny skies, winds of 25 to 35 mph with faster gusts, low temperatures in the 30s and 40s and highs in the mid-60s, Hoffer said. |
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