Weekend Storm Leaves Aftermath Of Death, Power Outages
More than 10,000 people are without power and snow has closed several school districts Monday as a weekend storm blamed for one death rolls out of California.
The Record of Stockton says a storm-weakened tree fell onto a house in the Calaveras County town of Arnold on Sunday, killing an 8-year-old girl who was sleeping inside.
Southern California Edison says high winds knocked down power lines. Overall, nearly 150,000 were left in the dark at times since the storm began Saturday but most outages were brief.
The storm dumped more than two feet of snow in the mountains and some schools are closed Monday in San Bernardino and San Diego counties.
Part of Interstate 8 in San Diego County was closed for a time by ice and snow.
Before the storm clears out completely later today, it could drop an additional quarter-inch of rain in coastal and valley areas, and up to four inches of additional snow in the mountains, where the snow level was near 3,000 feet this morning, according to the National Weather Service.
A winter weather advisory is in effect until 9 a.m. for the mountains.
Schools in the Julian and Mountain Empire Unified school districts were closed today due to snow. And in the far reaches of East County, Interstate 8 was closed in both directions from East Willows Road to Imperial Highway due to hazardous road conditions.
In the deserts, a wind advisory is scheduled until 10 a.m. And along the coast, where 7- to 10-foot waves are reported, a high surf advisory will be in effect until 10 a.m.
A a small craft advisory for hazardous seas is scheduled to expire at 11 a.m., but a small craft advisory for winds will then take effect, lasting through this evening.
The NWS reported that as of 8:45 p.m. Sunday, the storm — which first struck Saturday morning — had dropped a total of 1.13 inches of rain in Vista, 0.5 inches at Lindbergh Field, 0.73 inches in National City, 1.5 inches in Rancho San Diego, 2.85 inches in Alpine, 2.24 inches in Potrero, 1.93 inches on Mount Woodson, 1.72 inches in Escondido and 1.89 inches in Valley Center.
On Sunday, Palm Springs International Airport saw only one-tenth of an inch of rain.
In the mountains, the first two days of the storm brought 10 inches of snow on Palomar Mountain, 12 inches in Julian and 14 inches on Mount Laguna, and 24 inches to some areas at the top of Mt. San Jacinto, the NWS reported.
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway was re-opened to the public on Monday after being shut down due to high winds on Saturday.
A frost advisory is scheduled in the valleys from late tonight until early Tuesday. During the advisory period, temperatures in the valleys will fall to near freezing, the Weather Service reported.
