LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Forecasters' predictions of a significant Saturday storm held true, dumping multiple inches of rain on Lake County, which increased creek levels and the lake depth.
More rain is in the forecast, but early Sunday a flash flood warning for southern Lake County – particularly the Rocky, Jerusalem and Valley fire areas – ended, with a general flood warning for the rest of the county set to expire at 6 a.m. Sunday.
The National Weather Service's 24-hour rainfall totals for the period ending at 2 a.m. Sunday showed that an estimated 4 inches of rain fell on Boggs Mountain, while just over 3 inches was recorded at the High Glade Lookout above Upper Lake, 1.35 inches at Lakeport, 1.21 inches at Lower Lake and 2.24 inches in Kelseyville.
The Saturday storm also brought heavy winds, which caused a large oak tree to fall across a vacation home on Mulberry Street in Loch Lomond, according to radio reports.
Along Highway 29 Saturday night there were reports of gusting crosswinds and, in the Glasgow Grade area near Lower Lake, small mudslides were intruding into the roadway.
A fallen tree led to an overnight road closure on Seigler Springs and Red Hill roads, and Bell Hill Road at Adobe Creek Drive was closed due to roadway flooding, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The storm conditions on Saturday also led to numerous small power outages in Cobb, Finley, Lakeport and Kelseyville, with most resolved by early evening, according to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Clear Lake's level increased to 5.21 feet Rumsey early Sunday, the highest level since May 2013, and the US Geological Survey gauges on several south county creeks showed rapidly increasing flow levels due to the amount of rain that fell Saturday.
The National Weather Service is calling for more potentially heavy rainfall on Sunday, along with chances of a thunderstorm, and winds with gusts into the mid 20s.
Rain is forecast again on Monday, with a break on Tuesday before rain returns that night and continues into next weekend.
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Saturday storm fills creeks, more rain and possible thunderstorm in the forecast
- Elizabeth Larson
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