July 112009
On this day… July 11th
On this day in…
2002: The minimum temperature was 90° in Borrego Springs, the highest minimum temperature on record. This also occurred on 7.12.1968.
1999: Heavy thunderstorms hit the mountains and deserts each day starting on this day and ending on 7.13. Rainfall rates included 1.65 inches in less than 30 minutes at Lake Henshaw, 1.57 inches in 20 minutes at Big Bear City, 1.4 inches in 30 minutes at Sugarloaf, 1.6 inches in 85 minutes at Forest Falls, one inch in one hour at Pine Cove, one inch in 25 minutes at Shelter Valley. One inch per hour rain rate occurred at Phelan. Two were killed and dozens were injured. Six homes were destroyed and many more were damaged. A twenty foot high wall of water moving at 45 mph moved 70-ton boulders at Forest Falls. Buildings washed away at Jenks Lake. Disastrous flooding and mud slides occurred at Oak Glen, Big Bear City, and Apple Valley. Flooding hit the Yucca Valley area, Beaumont area and Palm Springs. Roadways were closed due to flash flooding.