Highway 14 closed due to severe flooding near California City, California City CA
Road ClosureSevere flooding caused a 100-foot wide and 2 to 4 feet deep river across Highway 14 near California City. The flooding led to road closures in both directions and concerns for stranded motorists. Rescue and police units responded to the scene, and traffic was diverted to nearby exits. One vehicle was reported stuck in a mudslide caused by creek flooding near a residence.
Audio|Source: Kern County Sheriff/Bakersfield PD
03:52
Transcript:
00:00
100 foot river water going across the highway 14.
00:10
One, can you confirm if your vehicle's now stuck?
00:14
Negative. Leave Mike 1, there's a 100-foot river of water going across Highway 14 just south of the C.
00:28
I copy a 100-foot river of water going across the 14.
00:37
Mike 7, control and can you advise if you were able to locate any of those vehicles that were potentially stuck?
00:44
Mike 7, negative on vehicles being stuck could just stop traffic due to the water on the freeway.
00:51
10-4[2], I believe about 5 to 10 miles south of U-Caltrans also had a hard closure for that area.
00:57
They were also advised on a couple others in that general area to close.
01:05
Mike 7, copy at this time, we're going to be unable to respond to the AOD[1] for Cal City.
01:11
For Rescue 1, copy.
01:14
No, affirmative.
01:18
Rescue 1, Rose4, do you want my unit to respond?
01:24
If you can get there quicker than me and just assess, you hit me, tell me what I have over there, that'd be awesome.
01:32
Therefore, I'll be around.
01:36
Control 1, Tangle 4, I'll be with Tingle 1.
01:41
3-5.7.
01:44
Rescue 1. I also have an additional unit, row 6 that was en route to OCD.
01:48
Do you want to divert to least advise you of the situation?
01:53
Blackmounting, these are forwarding gridheaded sweatshirts beyond bicycles.
01:57
Going into another business.
02:03
No copy. The current forward control control.
02:14
Current 4.
02:16
Current 12, northeast someone copy in the area 7,500 clients you bought fish.
02:21
There's a creek flooding that is going into a residence with a vehicle now stuck in a mudslide.
02:32
Current news copies or any info if any vehicles are occupied? A firm on it occupies.
02:41
What's happened?
02:48
North East someone's copy.
02:59
Can we update the executive page and state that all SO units are now and their vehicles in free of flooding?
03:11
Copy.
03:15
Mike 1, Control 3, can you go to tag?
03:18
Mike 1, copy.
03:24
Mike 1 on top.
03:26
Hey, what was that flooding on 14 near CCB? Was it northbound, north of or south of?
03:33
No, I'm just south of the command post.
03:36
About 100 foot wide section going across the road, swelling from 2 to 4 feet.
03:43
All right, 10.4.
03:44
We're in the process of closing 14 in both directions.
03:47
We're going to diver all northbound off at Cal City Boulevard.
03:50
I'm not sure what we're going to do with Southbound yet, but you want to let your people know.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
AOD: Assisting another department or agency with their request or operation.
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood.
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CA-14, California City, CA
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