Dec 18, 2007 10:33 pm US/Pacific
Rain Prompts Flood Flash Watch In Burn Areas
LOS ANGELES (CBS) ―
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Rain in Southern California prompted flash flood watches and caused several at least one fatal accident.
CBS
Light rain fell across much of the Southland Tuesday, with some pockets of heavier rain in select areas, prompting a flash flood watch in fire-denuded areas of Los Angeles and Orange counties.
A flash flood watch issued by the National Weather Service will remain in effect until late Tuesday night in fire-scarred areas of Los Angeles County, while the warning will last through Wednesday morning in areas of Orange County recently charred in the Santiago Fire.
The rainfall, generated by a Pacific storm, could be heavy at times as the storm continues, NWS forecasters said.
As of 4:30 p.m., less than a tenth of an inch had fallen in downtown Los Angeles, while a fifth of an inch fell in Long Beach, according to the NWS. The Weather Service reported .16 inch of rain in Van Nuys and .63 inch at Pacoima Dam.
California Highway Patrol Officer Patrick Kimble said that between midnight and 6 p.m., there had been 270 collisions reported. That compares with last Tuesday, when there were 111 collisions during the same period.
One person died in a single-vehicle crash in Newhall Tuesday morning, although it was not immediately clear if that accident was caused by wet roads.
Another system is likely to produce rain Thursday, when the chance of precipitation has been set at 40 percent during daytime hours.
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