"The severe weather threat is expected for much of Saturday, from midnight through 9 p.m. A flood watch will be in effect for a wide swath of Southern California from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Evacuation warnings are in effect through 11 a.m. Sunday in areas near recent burn scars due to the risk of mud and debris flows."
""The problem is, we just don't know exactly which county" will be most affected, said Ryan Kittell, meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Oxnard. "If you look at all of our projections, some of them favor L.A., some of them favor Ventura, some of them favor Santa Barbara County. And so at this point, unfortunately, for that Saturday time period, we just can't tell with certainty which county is kind of in the bull's-eye.""
Southern California will see a powerful atmospheric river Saturday with peak impacts in Los Angeles County, risking heavy rain, flooding, landslides, mudflows and possibly a tornado. Peak rainfall rates of 0.75 to 1.25 inches per hour are expected along a narrow band capable of triggering landslides; landslides can occur when rain reaches about 0.5 inches per hour. A flood watch runs from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m., and severe conditions are possible from midnight through 9 p.m. Evacuation warnings through 11 a.m. Sunday cover areas near recent January burn scars including Palisades, Eaton, Kenneth, Sunset and Hurst fires. Forecast uncertainty remains about the band’s exact location.
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