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After heat wave, SoCal could see rain and thunderstorms
File photo: The National Weather Service says Southern California could see rain and thunder Wednesday, with possible scattered showers until Thursday morning.
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Thunderstorms and rain could be coming to parts of Southern California Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
"We expect the main activity to be over the mountains," says David Sweet with the National Weather Service. "We're starting to see our first cell pop up on radar — it's in the eastern extreme of the San Gabriel Mountains. There could also be a few showers in the coastal and valley areas as well."
Visible satellite/radar image from 1:45 today shows convection starting over the mountains. #cawx #Laweather pic.twitter.com/KdYABIAvpi
— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) March 18, 2015
Scattered showers could continue into Thursday morning. Sweet advises people living near the site of the Colby Fire — the area near Los Angeles National Forest, near Glendora — to be on the lookout for flowing mud.
At 310 pm, thunderstorm with heavy downpour near Chilao on Hwy 2 in San Gabriel Mtns. #LAWeather #LArain pic.twitter.com/JFnaWtZpUO
— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) March 18, 2015
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN! FLASH FLOOD WARNING for the eastern portion of the #AntelopeValley until 830 pm. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/S0WVt4HFbR
— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) March 19, 2015
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