As Californians clean up from a rain storm that inundated the state Thursday, they’re already bracing for a second, even stronger storm that could bring life-threatening flash flooding from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles.
1st storm
The first storm pummeled Southern California with heavy rain Thursday, leading to flash flooding, road closures and water rescues.
Santa Barbara County recorded over 6 inches of rain while San Diego County saw more than 3 inches of rain. Los Angeles got a record 2.37 inches of rainfall.
On Friday morning, the storm is moving inland into the Rockies, where 1 to 2 feet of snow is forecast.
As the storm continues to move east, Texas could get severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds later on Friday. Cities in the bull’s-eye of these severe storms will be San Antonio, Austin, San Angelo and north to Abilene. Dallas and Houston will see strong thunderstorms later on Friday night.