A storm system that dropped widespread rainfall across Southern California on Tuesday will keep at it on Wednesday, with moderate rain expected for most of the region and heavy snowfall in the blizzard-weary San Bernardino mountains.
Tuesday was a mixed bag: Intervals of heavy rain, then brief windows of sunshine, then additional rain and intense winds. There also was a sinkhole scare on the 5 Freeway in San Clemente, and warnings about possible landspouts and hail in Los Angeles.
Most areas in Los Angeles and Orange counties and the Inland Empire had received roughly an inch of rain through 10 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. In the mountains, Mt. Baldy had received 7 inches of snow, while Mt. Wilson got around 4 and a half inches, Meteorologist Mike Wofford said. And in the San Bernardino Mountains, 3 to 6 of snow had accumulated, Meteorologist Casey Oswant said.
However, the storm did not lead to any calls for service for folks in the Lake Arrowhead area that was buried by snow in late February and early March, San Bernardino County Fire Department spokesman Eric Sherwin said.
“We’re staffed and ready,” Sherwin said. “We do have extra resources pre-positioned in addition to our normal staffing” including swift water crews and hand crews.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, also known locally as the Yucaipa Police Department, announced Monday evening that the communities of Oak Glen, Forest Falls, Mountain Home Village, Angelus Oaks, and Northeast Yucaipa were under an evacuation warning because of potential mudflows, but the warning was lifted Tuesday afternoon. The communities are in the El Dorado and Apple fire burn scar areas.
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“The bigger concern for this storm is the wind,” Sherwin said. “Because the hillsides are saturated, the trees aren’t as stable as normal and if they’re subjected to wind gusts, there’s the potential for a tree…
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