IT AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD LEAD TO STREET FLOODING IN THE VALLEYS AND COASTAL AREAS TONIGHT WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THIS POWERFUL STORM, RICK CHAMBERS IS IN ROLLING HILLS ESTATES CHRIS WOLFE IS VENTURA COUNTY. BUT WE BEGIN WITH METEOROLOGIST MENDEZ WHO IS TRACKING THIS STORM HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR YES AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS PART OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> ISN'T GETTING MUCH RAIN, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DRIZZLE OUT THERE, LOTS OF HEAVY CLOUD COVER, BUT NO RAIN NEAR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. BUT AS WE TAKE A LOOK TO THE NORTHWEST IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY THIS PARTICULAR BAND OF SET OF RANGES NOT MOVE SINCE A PROP 4 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. IT HAS BEEN A VERY SLOW AND STEADY SYSTEM IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT'S STALLED OUT IN THIS PARTICULAR SPOT AND BECAUSE OF THAT BECAUSE THERE'VE BEEN MULTIPLE HOURS OF STEADY RAIN FALLING OVER THE VENTURA SANTA BARBARA BORDER AS I ZOOM IN YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT HERE IS A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING BOX AND BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS IS SAYING THAT THERE IS A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN OHIO JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF DELHI ALONG THE FOOTHILLS THAT'S WHERE THAT WARNING IS GOING TO BE IN PLACE AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. I WOULD IMAGINE BECAUSE I DO ANTICIPATE THAT PARTICULAR CELL MOVIE BUT AS WE TAKE A LOOK THE REGION ELSEWHERE ALONG THE SEINE GABLES IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. WE ARE DEFINITELY GETTING SOME STEADY RAIN IT HAS INCREASED COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW EARLIER THIS EVENING. AS WE TAKE A LOOK BACK TO THE WEST YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF IT IS PUSHING ON SHORE FROM THERE WE GO DOWN TO ORANGE COUNTY NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS WE SAW DURING THE 6 O'CLOCK IN THE 5 O'CLOCK HOUR. BUT DEFINITELY GETTING SOME A SOUTHERLY FLOW AND THAT OF COURSE IS BRINGING THAT RAIN ON SHORE WE'RE NOT DONE WITH IT YET TOMORROW LOOKS LIKE SOME AREAS ARE GOING TO SEE A BREAK FROM THE RAIN BUT THEN WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE MORE ESPECIALLY FOUR-INCH COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THAT BREAKDOWN, WE'LL TIME IT OUT FOR YOU AND OF COURSE TALK ABOUT THE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO IN JUST A FEW MINUTES BACK TO US FOR NOW ALL RIGHT THANK YOU IN VENTURA COUNTY A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT AND EVACUATION WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. >> HEAVY RAIN IS JUST BEGINNING TO FALL IN THE AREA THAT IS IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BEYOND KTLA IS CHRIS WOLFE JOINS US LIVE FROM WITH MORE ON THE CONDITIONS THERE. HI CHRIS. >> THAT'S RIGHT GOOD EVENING. SHARON MICAH AS YOU SAID RAIN IS JUST STARTING TO PICK UP ONCE AGAIN AT THIS LATE HOUR HERE IN VENTURA COUNTY. THERE IS A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MANY PARTS OF THIS COUNTY AND THIS WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT IS JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS ALSO UNDER AN EVACUATION WARNING BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. WE ARE STANDING ALONG GRANT AVENUE AND THE ISSUE HERE IS A COMPROMISED STORM DRAIN THAT SIMPLY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE HIGH VOLUME OF RAIN WATER. HERE IT THE SECOND STORM THIS WEEK POUNDING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. JUST DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS CREATING CHALLENGES AND POSING THREATS FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD PREFER TO STAY PUT IN THEIR HOMES AND ALSO THOSE HITTING THE ROADS FOR HOLIDAY TRAVEL. FORECASTERS SAY HEAVY RAIN THUNDERSTORMS FLOODING ON ROADS SWOLLEN RIVERS AND CREEKS AND MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL LIKELY BE PART OF THIS WEATHER PICTURE. CERTAIN AREAS ARE UNDER MORE OF A THREAT THAN OTHERS SUCH AS COMMUNITIES AT THE BASE OF WILDFIRE BURN SCARS WHERE VEGETATION THAT WOULD NORMALLY HOLD BACK THE EARTH UNDER HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN RUSHED AND MOTORISTS BE WARE. >> WATER WILL LEAD LOW SPOTS ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS LEADING CONDIT THICK FOG AT TIMES WILL CUT VISIBILITY ALSO ANY DEBRIS BLOCKING STORM DRAINS CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS URBAN FLOODING. THERE IS CONCERN IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IN CAMARILLO VENTURA COUNTY NOW UNDER AN EVACUATION WARNING THAT MEANS PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO LEAVE BUT THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE DANGER HAVE YOUR VEHICLE READY TO TO LEAVE IF YOU NEED LEAVE IF YOU >> EVACUATION WARNING OR NOTICE BACK IN AUGUST A BROKEN STORM DRAINAGE PIPE LED TO A DISASTROUS SITUATION NEAR GRATA AND TRUE WAY NO AVENUE. >> THE PIPE BROKE. THE GROUND GAVE WAY. >> AND OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET. SUDDENLY HAD THIS HUGE HOLE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE BANK. SO ALL THE WATER FROM WHOLE HILLSIDE ABOVE THEM COMING DOWN AND 2 THEIR BACKYARD. THROUGH THEIR HOUSE AROUND THE HOUSE DOWN THE STREET. >> VERY TOUGH SITUATION AND OF COURSE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED THAT SIMILAR PROBLEMS COULD ERUPT WITH THIS LATEST ROUND OF WET WEATHER. REPORTING LIVE IN CAMRY O I'M CHRIS WOLFE, KTLA, 5 NEWS. CHRIS. THANK YOU. >> RESIDENTS IN SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DEBRIS FLOWS. FLASH FLOODING AND OVERFLOWING RIVERS. RESIDENTS IN LAKE ARROWHEAD AND CRESTLINE ARE ALSO PREPARING FOR HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND RAIN.
