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The rain created an inland sea in Orange County, lasting about three weeks with water standing 4 feet (1.2 m) deep up to 4 miles (6 km) from the river. [1] The Los Angeles basin was flooded from the San Gabriel Mountains to the Palos Verdes Peninsula, at variable depths, excluding the higher lands which became islands until the waters receded.
The Los Angeles flood of 1938 was one of the largest floods in the history of Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside Counties in southern California.The flood was caused by two Pacific storms that swept across the Los Angeles Basin in February-March 1938 and generated almost one year's worth of precipitation in just a few days.
Downtown Los Angeles had received 8.51 inches (216 mm) of rain from February 4–6 making it the second wettest three-day span. [20] Following 1.66 in (42 mm) of rain in Death Valley in 72 hours, California State Route 190 was closed and the park experienced a setback in the recovery from Hurricane Hilary.
In Northern California, it snowed heavily during the later part of November and the first few days of December, until the temperature rose unusually high and it began to rain. In San Francisco, there were 35 inches of precipitation in December 1861–January 1862, and almost 50 for the season. [16]
Death Valley got 1.66 inches of rain earlier this week, the National Weather Service said early Wednesday in a 72-hour precipitation report. A temporary lake at Badwater Basin is rare, according ...
The 11.60 inches (295 mm) at Mount Wilson is one of California's highest rainfall amounts from a tropical cyclone, although at least one system has a higher point maximum. [6] The rains caused a flood 2 to 4 feet (0.6 to 1.2 m) [ 7 ] deep in the Coachella Valley with heavy rain immediately preceding the tropical storm dropping 6.45 inches (164 ...
August 11–14, 1983 – Hurricane Ismael generated high waves that killed a woman in Orange County. The storm's remnants also spread rainfall across the state, reaching 5.85 in (149 mm), which resulted in flooding that killed three people in San Bernardino. [4] [17] [18]
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