Mandatory evacuation issued for some Holy Fire burn areas as storm nears
Update – 11/28/18:
Due to the coming storm and risk of mudslides in the Holy Fire burn area, Riverside County officials have issued mandatory evacuation orders for the following zones: Amorose, Alberhill, Glen Ivy A, Glen Eden, Grace, Horsethief A, Laguna A, Matri, McVicker A, Rice and Withrow A.
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Click here for exact boundaries of the evacuation zones.
Care and reception center is open at Temescal Canyon High School, located at 28755 El Toro Rd. in Lake Elsinore. Evacuees’ large and small animals will be accepted at the care and reception center and at the San Jacinto Animal Campus, 581 S. Grand Ave., San Jacinto, (951) 358-7387.
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Officials are warning residents of those areas that there is a risk of flooding, mudflows, rockfalls, and other landslides during and immediately after rain. Debris flows can happen with little to no warning. Residents are urged to remain vigilant and take personal responsibility for their safety. Officials may only be able to alert the public with just a few minutes notice, or none at all.
You can check the status of your area here or call (951) 940-6985. You can also sign-up for emergency text alerts here.
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Original Article – 11/27/18:
The inland region’s first significant rainstorm of the season could trigger flooding, mudslides and debris flows, especially along the burn-scarred area in the Cleveland National Forest facing Lake Elsinore and Temescal Valley, prompting Riverside County officials today to issue an evacuation warning to residents.
The county’s Emergency Management Department posted the warning — a recommendation for voluntary relocation, not a mandate — after receiving the latest National Weather Service report on a Pacific trough pushing toward Southern California, expected to start producing rain Wednesday night.
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The warning applies to Lake Elsinore residents along Alberhill Ranch Road and Amorose Street, as well as residents on Glen Eden Road south of Corona, the Glen Ivy Hot Springs community, the Horsethief Canyon community and the area around McVicker Park in Lake Elsinore.
More information is available at https://www.rivcoready.org/.
The burn-scarred slopes — the result of the August Holy Fire that began on the Orange County side of the Cleveland National Forest — are highly susceptible to heavy runoff that could prove damaging, according to county officials.
Multiple community meetings have been held over the last two months to inform residents of the risks and what to do in the event of a big storm. The Holy Fire, allegedly the work of an arsonist, scorched roughly 23,000 acres.
Officials are not anticipating potential flooding in the burn zone created by the 13,000-acre Cranston Fire in the San Jacinto Mountains, in the vicinity of Mountain Center.
The National Weather Service is forecasting up to 1.5 inches of rain in western Riverside County from late Wednesday evening to Thursday morning. A flash flood advisory is in effect for all of Thursday.
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A weather service statement noted that the “atmospheric river” will develop off the coast and spread into Southern California on a southeasterly course, packing 30 mph winds. A surface cold front will create further instability, possibly brewing thunderstorms Thursday morning.
“The highest rain rates (will be) Wednesday night into Thursday morning … along the San Bernardino County coastal mountain slopes,” according to a weather service statement.
Snow levels will drop to about 7,000 feet as the system unwinds Thursday. High temperatures in the Riverside metropolitan area are forecast to top out in the upper 50s.
Another, weaker system is predicted to roll in Saturday.
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