Rain began pelting parts of Southern California early Friday, triggering fears that recent wildfires may have left the region susceptible to flash flooding. The rain is part of a fierce winter storm from the Pacific Northwest that moved in sooner than expected.The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for coastal and mountain areas through Friday afternoon.
The forecast called for winds gusting to about 30 mph ahead of a storm front that could drop up to an inch of rain in urban areas and up to 3 inches in the mountains, said Stuart Seto, chief weather specialist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
Southern California has had a very dry rainy season, and it will be the first time since April 2006 that so much rain has fallen from a single storm, Seto said.
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