HomeMy WebLinkAboutRoad Closures and Conditions Hurricane Hilary 8202023
City of Palm Desert – 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert CA 92260-2578
CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS IN PALM DESERT
SUNDAY, 8/20/23 AS OF 6:45 PM
1. 2:20 pm - Reports of localized flooding on El Paseo.
2. 2:22 pm - Crew shutting down Fred Waring between Tennessee and California.
3. 3:11 pm - Complete closure at Parkview Wash.
4. 3:13 pm - Portola signal at Country Club in on a red flash.
5. 3:15 pm - Fred Waring closed between Tennessee and CA- now being detoured thru Tennessee,
down Florida, down CA back to Fred Waring.
6. 3:25 pm - Indian Wells closed Fred Waring Bridge for eastbound traffic.
7. 3:27 pm - Gerald to Frank impassable.
8. 3:47 pm - Washington at Harris closed.
9. 3:50 pm - Closing Gerald Ford east and west from Cook Street to Frank Sinatra.
10. 3:56 pm - Lights on flash at Cook.
11. 3:59 pm - Lights on flash highway 111 and Portola.
12. 4:22 pm - Gerald Ford and Cook on flash closed Gerald Ford eastbound.
13. 4:23 pm - All El Paseo Lights blacked out.
14. 4:08 pm - Gerald Ford at Spanish Walk closed.
15. 4:26 pm - Signals blacked out on Country Club.
16. 4:29 pm - Tree down at Phyllis Jackson – Lane 3 blocked.
17. 4:30 pm: - Tree down at Cook Street.
18. 4:34 pm: - San Pablo trees down – roughly 20 of them.
19. 4:33 pm - Many traffic lights are off on 111.
20. 6:46 pm - Magnesia Falls and Portola blocked by fallen tree – lane 2.
21. 5:00 pm - Downed tree – EB Fred Waring barricades down, put back up, and blown down again.
22. 5:09 pm - Closing #1 lane Washington Street & Fred Waring (La Quinta side).
23. 5:14 pm - Tree down southbound Cook Street north of Country Club. Blocking all lanes. Loader
en route to clear.
24. 5:35 pm - Tree blocking Hwy 111 eastbound at Lupine.
25. 6:03 pm - Hwy 111 back open.
26. 6:31pm - Skyward at Hwy 74 closed. Tree down.
27. 6:44pm – Haystack: Tree down.