After morning rain, conditions are drying out. Belen De Leon has the forecast for Wednesday Feb. 21, 2024.
Parts of Los Angeles County were under a flash flood warning early Wednesday morning as the tail end of a winter storm moved through the region.
Steady rain again fell across much of the county early Wednesday as the three- day storm continued to soak a region with hillsides already saturated by storms earlier this month. The storm that began early Monday will linger over Los Angeles County into Wednesday, but most of the heavy showers occurred during the overnight hours.
The warning, which included Malibu, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Griffith Park, Pacific Palisades, Newbury Park, Brentwood and most of the San Fernando Valley, expired later Wednesday morning as the storm began moving out of the area.
The additional rain raised the threat of slides on soaked hillsides and left roads slick for the morning drive.
In Santa Clarita, a large rock tumbled onto Bouquet Canyon Road near Texas Canyon Road. In southern LA County, water across lanes of the 105 Freeway in Lynwood near Alameda Street left one car disabled.
Expect rain to linger, but clear out of Los Angeles for the most part by Wednesday afternoon. A flood watch will remain into effect until 10 a.m. Wednesday, affecting the entirety of Los Angeles County with the exception of the Antelope Valley.
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Vehicles drive through the rain on the 101 Freeway on February 19, 2024.
People walk in the rain on Hollywood Boulevard on Feb. 19, 2024 in Los Angeles. Credit: Getty
Mulholland Drive is closed due to landslides on Monday Feb. 19, 2024.
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Mulholland Drive is closed due to landslides on Monday Feb. 19, 2024.
A backyard was underwater Feb. 5, 2024 in Sherman Oaks after steady rain. Credit: Chris Sturm
A backyard was underwater Feb. 5, 2024 in Sherman Oaks after steady rain. Credit: Chris Sturm
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A backyard was underwater Feb. 5, 2024 in Sherman Oaks after steady rain.
Studio City, CA – February 05:Storm damage from mud, rock and debris flows along Lockridge road in Studio City, CA, has caused major damage to vehicles and houses in the area on Monday, February 5, 2024. Rain is expected to continue in Southern California over the next 12 hours. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
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Studio City, CA – February 05:Storm damage from mud, rock and debris flows along Lockridge road in Studio City, CA, has caused major damage to vehicles and houses in the area on Monday, February 5, 2024. Rain is expected to continue in Southern California over the next 12 hours. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Studio City, CA – February 05:Storm damage from mud, rock and debris flows along Lockridge road in Studio City, CA, has caused major damage to vehicles and houses in the area on Monday, February 5, 2024. Rain is expected to continue in Southern California over the next 12 hours. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
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Studio City, CA – February 05:Storm damage from mud, rock and debris flows along Lockridge road in Studio City, CA, has caused major damage to vehicles and houses in the area on Monday, February 5, 2024. Rain is expected to continue in Southern California over the next 12 hours. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Studio City, CA – February 05:Storm damage from mud, rock and debris flows along Lockridge road in Studio City, CA, has caused major damage to vehicles and houses in the area on Monday, February 5, 2024. Rain is expected to continue in Southern California over the next 12 hours. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
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Crews remove a downed tree in Long Beach Monday Feb. 5, 2024.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 04: People attending the Grammy’s run between the red carpet and a parking garage as another storm bears down at L.A. Live in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 04: A person walks along a flooded street as a powerful long-duration atmospheric river storm, the second in less than a week, impacts California on February 4, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. The storm is delivering potential for widespread flooding, landslides and power outages while dropping heavy rain and snow across the region. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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People stand in floodwater during a storm in Santa Barbara, California, US, on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. Hurricane-force winds whipped the seas off California, while heavy rains raised flood risks from San Francisco to San Diego, as another powerful Pacific storm arrived on the state’s doorstep. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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A person rides a bike through floodwater during a storm in Santa Barbara, California, US, on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. Hurricane-force winds whipped the seas off California, while heavy rains raised flood risks from San Francisco to San Diego, as another powerful Pacific storm arrived on the state’s doorstep. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Stearns Wharf is shut down as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms arrives to Santa Barbara, California on Feb. 4, 2024.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 04: Nate Stephenson takes photos of a boat which washed ashore as a powerful long-duration atmospheric river storm, the second in less than a week, impacts California on February 4, 2024 in Santa Barbara, California. The storm is delivering potential for widespread flooding, landslides and power outages while dropping heavy rain and snow across the region. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Wind blown palm trees during a storm in Santa Barbara, California, US, on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. Hurricane-force winds battered the seas off California, while heavy rains raised flood risks from San Francisco to San Diego, as another powerful Pacific storm arrived on the state’s doorstep. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Ryan Coppenger, right, and Scott Larson, with the City of Long Beach ;Marine Bureau, collect bags of sand to be delivered to a lifeguard station that usually floods in preparations for upcoming storm in Long Beach on February 3, 2024. Coppenger and Larson also delivered sandbags to residents who needed them. Officials across Southern California are warning residents to prepare for what could be “life threatening and damaging flooding,” beginning Sunday. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Clouds before the storm in Yorba Linda.
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Water from heavy rains race down the LA River, carrying debris like this shopping cart with it. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
LONG BEACH, CA – JANUARY 31, 2024 – – Belmont Shore resident Don Kallenberg, 68, carries away sand bags to prep for any possible flooding from the upcoming storm at 72nd Place Lifeguard Station in Long Beach on January 31, 2024. Long Beach lifeguard Molica Anderson, 37, left, filled sandbags for residents. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
A man sweeps floodwater inside his barbershop during a rain storm in Long Beach, California, on February 1, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched February 1, 2024 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a “Pineapple Express” weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. (Photo by David SWANSON / AFP) (Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Long Beach , CA – February 01: Portions of the 710 Freeway was closed due to flooding in Long Beach on Thursday, February 1, 2024. (Photo by Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images)
Long Beach, CA – February 01: A man swims chest-deep through flood waters with his cell phone near three cars that are submerged after rain flooded several areas of Long Beach from the first in a series of storms hits Southern California in the 2300 block of West Willow Street in Long Beach Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Cars sit partially submerged on a flooded road during a rain storm in Long Beach, California, on February 1, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched February 1, 2024 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a “Pineapple Express” weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. (Photo by David SWANSON / AFP) (Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Raindrops sit on a telescope at Griffith Observatory as storm clouds linger over the Los Angeles basin on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Snow levels could drop to about 6,000 feet early Wednesday, but as much as 10 inches of snow is possible at higher elevations.
The next storm could bring rain Sunday and Monday during what has been the fifth-wettest February on record (12.22 inches) in downtown Los Angeles.
Flash Flood Warning continues for Los Angeles CA, Long Beach CA and Torrance CA until 9:00 AM PST pic.twitter.com/HsBrebof34
