How to resolve AdBlock issue? LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County was lashed by high winds and heavy rains on Thursday evening and into early Friday morning, with forecasters expecting rain to continue well into next week.
The National Weather Service had issued a high wind warning for the county from 11 p.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. Friday.
That warning means that a “hazardous wind event” was expected or already occurring.
In Lake County, gusts of about 30 miles per hour were anticipated in the forecast.
The winds were the result of a strong spring storm moving over the region through Friday.
That storm also brought heavy rains to the county on Thursday.
For the 24-hour period ending at 1:30 a.m. Friday, Lake County had the following rainfall totals, in inches:
– Boggs Mountain: 2.56;
– Hidden Valley Lake: 1.38;
– Indian Valley Reservoir: 0.78;
– Kelseyville: 1.5;
– Lakeport: 1.23;
– Lower Lake: 1.44;
– Middletown: 1.89;
– Upper Lake: 1.70;
– Whispering Pines: 1.84.
Lake County is forecast to get more rain on Friday totaling up to about half an in inch, with another tenth of an inch expected on Saturday, the National Weather Service reported.
More rain is expected through much of next week, with breaks on Monday and Tuesday before the rain is anticipated to resume, forecasters said.
Cooler temperatures are expected to over the next several days as well, with nighttime temperatures expected to drop into the high 30s on Friday and low 30s on Saturday, and the low 50s in the daytime.
Temperatures are forecast to warm up early next week, with daytime temperatures back around the low 60s and nighttime temperatures hovering around the low 40s, forecasters said.
Email Elizabeth Larson at
High winds and heavy rain hit county; more rain forecast into next week
- Elizabeth Larson
