January 15, 2005 |
9:20am:
CalTrans has decided to shut down one lane of Interstate 15 northbound
south of the Highway 79 exit in Temecula
as a precaution, according to a story
in The Californian
this morning. A mudslide below the freeway onto the Temecula Creek golf
course has undermined the road. A blocked drainpipe caused rainwaters
to saturate the soil instead of running off.
The lane may be closed two weeks while CalTrans repairs the slope.
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Other roads that remain closed include Pauba Road east of Temecula, Pala
Road south of Temecula (repairs there are underway), and the Ortega
Highway between Lake Elsinore and San Juan Capistrano.
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January 14, 2005 |
4:50pm:
Prado Dam in the Corona area has been reportedly shored up, the
mandatory evacuation has been lifted, and Highway 71 has reopened this
afternoon.
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1:45pm:
There are news reports today of a minor leak in the Prado Dam, which holds back
the Santa Ana River in the Corona area, near the intersections of
Highway 71 and Highway 91. The area has been evacuated as a precaution,
and Highway 71 is closed in both directions.
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January 10, 2005 |
11:10pm: The
heavy rainfall story
has been updated with more road closings, some pictures, the reopening
of Highway 79 South, other online news articles, and more.
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1:10pm: A feature
story on this weekend's heavy rainfall
has been posted.
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January 9, 2005 |
5:20pm: A particularly heavy band of rain is
currently hitting the Temecula Valley, accompanied with wind gusts to 30 mph.
Lightning and thunder have been reported from multiple sources, and the
power in the Temecula Valley and the Menifee Valley has fluctuated with a
couple of the lightning hits.
WeatherCurrents' mobile site has been updated today
with increased forecast information, as well as some of the past weather
information. This is the first real update in quite some time.
Installation of the Lake Elsinore weather station
began yesterday in spite of the rain. With some luck, perhaps weather
data will be on the site for Lake Elsinore as early as next weekend.
Wind at De Luz is back online this afternoon due
a spare parts replacement.
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11:30am: Sue Painter has reported that
the anemometer (wind sensor) for De Luz is malfunctioning this morning.
There is wind, but no readings are currently being produced.
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January 5, 2005 |
9:20am: The owner and operator of
WeatherCurrents.com, John Toman, was interviewed this week
for a radio program that will air this Sunday between 7:00am and 7:30am
on local Temecula radio stations 94.5 and 103.3.
This morning's earthquake felt in
parts of southwestern Riverside County at about 6:35am was 4.4 on the
richter scale and centered in Fontana up in San Bernardino County.
See the
Southern California Earthquake Data Center for details.
Updated rainfall reports
for the Temecula Valley area for Monday and Tuesday:
Location |
Storm |
Source |
South Temecula |
1.95" |
WeatherCurrents |
Southeast Temecula |
2.0" |
Jim Sappington |
North De Luz |
1.59" |
WeatherCurrents |
South De Luz |
1.82" |
Steve Rhodes |
Northwest Murrieta |
1.71" |
WeatherCurrents |
East Murrieta |
1.73" |
Steven Craig |
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January 2, 2005 |
11:55pm: The De Luz weather feed
was hooked up early this afternoon with all sensors operational.
Thanks for Sue and Dave Painter, who own the De Luz weather station,
for helping WeatherCurrents provide this service.
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