Highway 101 Closed from Loleta to Tompkins Hill Due to Flooding at Mile Marker 68.50

AI SUMMARY: The dispatch log reports flooding in the #2 lane on Highway 101 North at mile marker 68.5. The California Department of Transportation (DOT) closes the #2 lane from Hookton to mile marker 68.5 and the entire highway from Loleta to Tompkins Hill. Multiple vehicles, including an ambulance, become stuck on the northbound side near Tompkins Hill. Southbound traffic is slowly allowed through the #1 lane. Citizens are placing road closed signs at various locations. A big rig manages to get through the closure using Hookton, but it is advised that only emergency vehicles should pass.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 4:43 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


12:04 p.m.
[1] FLOODING ON #2 LANE
12:06 p.m.
[4] 1039 CT
12:10 p.m.
[5] [Appended, 12:10:27] [1] FLOODING IN #2 LANE
12:31 p.m.
[14] A16-031 31 1097 DOT 97 AS WELL [Shared]
12:33 p.m.
[16] #2 LN PARTL #1 DOT CONTEMPLATING A CLOSURE WILL ADVS [Shared]
12:39 p.m.
[17] A16-031 DOT WILL CLOSE THE NUMBER 2 LN FRM HOOOKTON TO MM 68.5 [Shared]
12:52 p.m.
[19] A16-031 DOT 101 WILL BE CLOSED FRM LOLETA TO TOMPKINS HILL 1023 AT LOLETA FOR DOT //47 CPYS [Shared]
1:03 p.m.
[23] 1039 HSO FOR INFO
1:04 p.m.
[24] 1039 CF FORTUNA FOR INFO
1:05 p.m.
[26] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from FLOOD-Roadway Flooding to CLOSURE-Closure of a Road by CHP [Shared]
1:05 p.m.
[25] 1039 EKA CITY 1141
1:11 p.m.
[28] [Appended, 13:13:57] [1] 101 BOTH SIDES CLOSED FROM TOMPKINS HILL TO LOLETA
1:12 p.m.
[30] [Appended, 13:13:57] [3] 1039 HSO
1:13 p.m.
[31] [Appended, 13:13:57] [4] 1039 16-S3
1:14 p.m.
[32] 1039 CF RE BOTH NB AND SB [Shared]
1:15 p.m.
[33] 1039 EKA CITY 1141 [Shared]
1:22 p.m.
[35] [Notification] [CHP]-MULITPLE VEHICLES STUCK ON NB JSO TOMPKINS INCLUDING AN AMBULANCE [Shared]
1:25 p.m.
[38] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CITY AMBULANCE VEHICLES MAKING WAY OUT / NEG STUCK [Shared]
2:03 p.m.
[42] PER 16-44 THE SB #1 LN IS OPEN SLOWLY LETTING TRAFF THRU
2:03 p.m.
[43] 1039 HSO
2:04 p.m.
[45] 1039 EKA CITY 1141
2:04 p.m.
[44] 1039 CF
2:08 p.m.
[46] [Notification] [CHP]-CALLER STATING TRAFFIC BACKED UP ON TOMPKINS / REQ SB TRAFFIC NOT BE DIVERTED TO TOMPKINS [Shared]
2:09 p.m.
[47] 1039 CT [Shared]
2:11 p.m.
[50] BC TO 16-47 CPYS WILL INQ WITH CAL TRANS [Shared]
2:37 p.m.
[52] CORDS DOES NOT HAVE TOMPKINS HILL CLOSED [Shared]
2:47 p.m.
[53] CITZ PLACING RD CLOSED SIGNS AT TOMPKINS HILL AND PALMER SIDE [Shared]
2:50 p.m.
[56] 1039 FOPD [Shared]
2:50 p.m.
[57] FOPD EXTEDNED / STUCK IN TRAFFIC [Shared]
3:02 p.m.
[62] 1039 FOPD
3:04 p.m.
[63] A16-044 LOCATED SIGN MAKE SHIFT CARDBOARD AND SPRAY PAINT ITS BEEN TAKEN DOWN//BACK ENRT TO CLOSURE
3:05 p.m.
[64] 1039 FOPD TO 1022
3:30 p.m.
[68] 16-S3 WILL BE ERNT TO BLK SB TRAFF SO ONLY NB TRAFF WILL BE ON TOMPKINS HILL RD //ENRT TO TOMPKINS HILL AND HOOKTON
3:37 p.m.
[69] [Notification] [CHP]-CITIZEN REPORTING TOP OF TOMPKINS HILL TRAFFIC BEING TURNED AROUND FOR NB [Shared]
3:39 p.m.
[70] RE LN 69 FOPD ADVS OF THIS AS WELL [Shared]
3:42 p.m.
[74] PER 47 SOMEONE IS CLAIMING SUBJ CLAIMING TO BE CORDS IS CLOSING THE RDWY DWN [Shared]
3:46 p.m.
[75] PER WAYNE AT CORDS THERE ARE NO PPL FRM CORDS CLOSING TOMKINS HILL RD [Shared]
4:41 p.m.
[77] A16-044 BIG RIG GOT THRU THE CLOSURE USING HOOKTON ,CURR GOING THRU THE WATER THAT SHOULD BE THE ONLY VEH GOING THRU THE CLOSURE

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