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One Storm Down, Two To Go For Central and South Coasts

(Photo by John Palminteri)
Downtown Santa Barbara gets off to a wet start Thursday morning

Storm number one is in the history books, but there are still two more in the forecast for the Central and South Coast between now and the end of the weekend.

Rainfall totals ranged between a half inch and an inch and a half in the region. On the South Coast, Santa Barbara had .07” of an inch of rainfall, Ventura one inch, and Oxnard 1.5.” On the Central Coast, totals included 1.1” of rain in Pismo Beach and Lompoc, and .06” in the Santa Ynez Valley.

Storm number two will arrive on the Central Coast around daybreak Friday, and could leave coastal and inland areas with between an inch and two inches of rainfall. There are Flash Flood Watches for recent brush fire burn areas.

Then, the third and potentially biggest storm will hit Sunday afternoon. Rainfall totals could reach one to three inches on the coast, with even higher numbers in the foothills and mountains.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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