The first of three storms arrived in Southern California on Monday, bringing heavy rains and flash flooding.
“So with this storm we're anticipating very hazardous conditions over the LA basin really from now through around 2 p.m. today,” National Weather Service Meteorologist Rose Schoenfeld told KNX News’ Alex Silverman. “And with that, we're closely monitoring the potential for flash flooding over roadways, debris flows in recent burn areas, and hazardous roadway conditions in general, but especially in more mountain passes and more dirt roads as well. We're also looking at the threat of damaging winds with this, which could include something like a weak brief tornado or just damaging winds with the storm cell itself. Then going into this afternoon, we will have scattered thunderstorms, so that rain threat isn't over, but we will have a little bit of a break during the day tomorrow for rain.”
Ventura County and Los Angeles County were expected to see the strongest impacts late Monday morning, with NWS officials saying “very hazardous weather conditions” are expected in L.A. County between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Officials say they are monitoring for flash flooding, winds, and debris flow in the Palisades and Eaton fire burn scar areas.
A flashflood warning was issued in West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and the Santa Monica Mountains, including the Palisades and Franklin burn scar areas, through 2 p.m.
Evacuation warnings were issued from Sunday night through Tuesday morning for residents in burn scar areas, including Eaton, Palisades, Kenneth, Hurst, and Franklin.
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