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Strongest storm yet this winter bearing down on California with potential for serious problems
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2/12/2025
AccuWeather California expert Ken Clark is warning of a serious danger for mudslides, debris flows and flash flooding in Southern California.
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An atmospheric river is taking aim at California once again and in Los Angeles we are concerned
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not only about flash flooding but the possibility of mudslides in those burn scarred areas after
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those recent record-breaking wildfires. Now for a closer look we are now joined by Accuweather
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meteorologist and California expert I mean Ken we've been talking about this here for the past
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couple days this is going to be an outlook here because now for the foreseeable future any drop
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of rain we get across southern parts of California will carry with it a flash flood risk and this one
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has the highest potential of any ones before this this is going to be the strongest storm
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southern California has seen since last end of March in March of 2024 and certainly the strongest
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storm of this winter too not only in the rainfall amounts but in the intensity the rain will come
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down half inch to an inch hour at the highest so right now we have some light rains occurring
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across parts of central and northern California down into southern California kind of a damp day
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but not a lot of rain however as we go through the next 12 to 18 hours heavier heavier rains
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will spread across into the bay area northern California late tonight into tomorrow morning
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maybe accompanied with a thunderstorm strong winds likely across northern California bay
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area central coast delta 40 to 50 mile per hour wind gusts are very likely and then behind it
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northern California tomorrow afternoon and early evening there could be some thunderstorms too
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uh and potential for some severe weather there as well southern California the heaviest rain
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coming about maybe a 12-hour period late tomorrow morning to noonish tomorrow through about midnight
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tomorrow night and we're talking very heavy rain it's going to cause flooding problems there is
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going to be some serious problems and serious threats for mudslides and debris flows in those
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recent burn areas I can't stress that enough that we are looking at a potential serious problem those
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areas that we have not seen yet this year. So Ken how do debris flow issues impact the recovery
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efforts there across parts of southern California? It just adds to the misery to tell you the truth
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true not a lot of people have moved back into those areas at this point however there are
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areas that are on the fringe of the burn that people still live in and those are the people
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that got to be really concerned. Some houses didn't burn but the hillsides behind them did
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and those could come washing down very easily tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night so those
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people if you hear a warning has been issued to evacuate do so and do it immediately. All right
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so for the overall outlook here of rainfall that we're going to be tracking as we head into the
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weekend you said this can be one of the most potentially potent storms that we've been
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tracking here since last year so overall if we have any viewers watching from southern California
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any first responders what advice would you give to them for the impending storms moving in tonight?
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This is going to cause a lot of disruptions in traffic two to four inches of rain very common
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across southern California, LA area on southward maybe a little less than that in the San Diego
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area but still a big impactful storm down there. We're going to look at some certainly some urban
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and small stream flooding the washes in southern California are going to fill up very rapidly so
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there's going to be potential for some rescues that go on because of that and we're also looking
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at the potential for the mudslides and debris flows like we've already talked about. Very
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serious situation first responders got to be on their toes by late tomorrow and tomorrow night.
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Yes the mudslide issue the mudslide potential is going to be very dangerous here as we head
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throughout the weekend so Ken we will be watching this very closely so we are going to be watching
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that rainfall beginning tonight spreading from central California down to the south here as we
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enter the overnight hour so this is going to be an ongoing thing not only for Thursday but as we
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head throughout Friday even into the weekend as well. AccuA the meteorologist in California
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expert Ken Clark thank you so much for your insight. You're welcome.
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