Forest Falls Flash Flood 2012

A flash flood containing a great deal of fallen timber and mountain rock ranging in size from sand grains all the way up to boulders rumbled down Mill Creek Canyon and through the San Bernardino Mountain community of Forest Falls, CA. It appears most of this flash flood remained within the banks of Mill Creek. However, there was some flooding with mud deposition in parts of Forest Falls. No injuries were reported from this incident. This flood was caused by thunderstorms up in the mountain nearby resulting from the vigorous summer monsoon season California has experienced this year following a couple of mild summers with much less of this activity than normal. Below is a rather interesting video shot by a local resident showing this flash flood. To me the most dramatic and interesting aspect and element of this video is the sound of the flash flood caused mostly by all the rocks in motion within the water itself.