LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – With Clear Lake continuing to rise and more rain expected this week, the National Weather Service extended a flood warning for Lake County.
The county experienced heavy rain on Tuesday that resulted in reports of flooded roadways, downed trees and mudslides.
Flooding impacted areas including Argonaut Road at Big Valley Road, Clark Road and Bell Hill Road in Kelseyville, Scotts Valley Road at Hendricks Road in Lakeport, Lakeshore Boulevard in Nice and Laurel Dell Road at Blue Lakes, with a mudslide closing Twin Valley Road in Clearlake Oaks, according to the Lake County Public Works Department.
The rain raised Clear Lake’s level to 8.73 feet Rumsey by late Tuesday night. The lake is forecast to pass the the 9-foot Rumsey flood stage on Thursday.
The 24-hour rainfall totals for National Weather Service monitoring stations around Lake County, through 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, follow, with measurements in inches:
– Bear Canyon (near Middletown): 4.44.
– Boggs Mountain: 3.02.
– Cobb: 3.73.
– Hidden Valley Lake: 2.42.
– High Glade Lookout: 2.74.
– Indian Valley Reservoir: 0.85.
– Konocti: 1.69.
– Lower Lake: 1.25.
– Middletown: 3:54.
– Soda Creek: 3:10.
– Whispering Pines: 4.16.
– Upper Lake: 1.40.
Late Monday and early Tuesday, strong winds also moved over the county as forecasters had predicted.
The maximum wind gusts recorded by the National Weather Service at its monitoring stations for the 24-hour period through 10:30 p.m. Tuesday were as follows:
– Hidden Valley Lake: 21 miles per hour.
– High Glade Lookout (Upper Lake): 78 miles per hour.
– Lakeport: 36 miles per hour.
– Lower Lake area: 60 miles per hour.
– Lyons Valley: 59 miles per hour.
– Soda Creek: 21 miles per hour.
– Whispering Pines: 40 miles per hour.
Rain is forecast to continue on Wednesday, with heavy rain expected Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Showers are expected to continue on Friday before conditions clear from Saturday through Tuesday.
Local officials are monitoring the situation and making preparations.
On Tuesday night, Lakeport Public Works Director Doug Grider told the Lakeport City Council that he and his staff were getting ready in anticipation of Clear Lake moving well above flood stage – possibly to around 9.5 feet Rumsey.
Grider said Lakeport could see additional street flooding, and they’re also trying to avoid water intrusion into the city’s sewer system at the Willopoint trailer park and resort.
He told the council that his department is doing everything it can to make sure the city’s infrastructure weathers the storm.
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