The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Heavy rains in California as severe threat looms in Plains
Today's top weather news: Heavy rains in California as severe threat looms in Plains
Flash Flood Warning issued for Los Angeles County on Saturday morning
As the storm center pushes south off the coast toward the Los Angeles Basin on Saturday, it has tapped into some tropical moisture, transitioning into a brief atmospheric river storm. Its heavy rainfall has triggered flash flooding potential through the Easter holiday weekend.
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California endures another rainy weekend with threat of flooding
It's not like the sun hasn't come out at all in California this year, but Los Angeles, for example, has had about double their average rainfall this year already, and here comes another storm for the weekend. It was already a rainy Friday in the San Francisco Bay Area, and now it's Southern California's turn this weekend as the flood threat shifts south and includes places such as Los Angeles and San Diego. Flash Flood Warnings covered over 5 million in the Los Angeles Metro area early Saturday morning.
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Severe storms threaten Plains as potent storm swings into America's heartland
Once that storm gets done soaking California this weekend, it will head into the Plains, where atmospheric conditions are coming together for a potential widespread severe weather event is expected. The risk of hail, damaging winds and tornadoes stretches from Texas to the Midwest on Monday. It's been almost exactly a year since NOAA's Storm Prediction Center had already issued essentially a Level 3 severe weather risk threat four days ahead of the event and that eventually verified into storms that spawned 20 tornadoes across the region.
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Eclipse 2024 countdown
There are just nine days until a total solar eclipse crosses the U.S. FOX Weather continues to update its official forecast for April 8th, which shows who have the best chance of having clear skies during the astronomical event.
Don’t forget to use Futureview in the FOX Weather app to track the forecast for the big day.
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More than 30 million Americans are estimated to live in the path of totality, with many millions more expected to travel to the 15 states where the event will be visible.
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