Beaches Briefly Closed By T-storm
Written by 991KBU on July 19, 2018
Well…. that was interesting.
A little thunderstorm cell crept west down the Santa Monica Mountains at midday yesterday.
That was just enough to make the streets wet in most of Malibu.
A few places got a real downpour … but most rain gauges registered only a trace.
Beaches were closed as lightning and thunder made a surprise summer entrance.
Atmospheric electronics like that are very rare here in Malibu.
The beaches were reopened after about 90 minutes … as a small thunder cell sputtered out to sea.
UCLA got almost 2/10 of an inch of rain … the most we could find in the Malibu area.
One car crash in the wet streets.
A sedan flipped on its side on Topanga Canyon Boulevard just north of PCH … during the height of the little downpour.
