Though the storm system passed hours earlier than expected, the region remained at risk of isolated thunderstorms, strong winds and flooding through Thursday.
In the less than 48 hours since the warm front moved in, downtown Los Angeles received about .67 inches of rain, while Beverly Hills came in at 1.8 inches. About 2.96 inches of rain fell on Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley, and Newhall in the Santa Clarita Valley recorded about 1.69 inches. Rainfall totals at higher elevations exceeded 3.5 inches in some areas, including the Lechuza fire station in the Santa Monica Mountains.Eagle Rock Reservoir recorded 1.
Thursday’s storm comes on the heels of a series of storms — what experts describe as an atmospheric river — that has lashed California, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to proclaim a statewide emergency on Wednesday to “support response and recovery efforts” across the already-saturated state. , triggered evacuations and power outages, and heightened fears of widespread flooding and debris flows.“The center of the large weather system that’s affecting the state is going to remain north of the region,” Cohen said. “We’re more on … the southern periphery of the system. But it’s still an area where the atmospheric river is going to combine with that weather disturbance to support the potential for flooding.
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