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Packing gusty winds, the storms knocked out power for more than
11,000 customers, according to PowerOutage.us, flooded roads,
knocked down trees and shut down Santa Barbara airport for the
day, officials said.
As of 5 p.m. (0100 GMT), the 24-hour rainfall totals topped out
around 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to 10 cm) in areas below Mount Shasta,
one of California's tallest peaks at 14,180 feet (4,322 m).
The National Weather Service in Sacramento issued a tornado
warning for parts of Plumas County and Butte County in the
state's north, but as of Monday evening the worst those areas
received was hail and heavy thunderstorms, meteorologist Jeffrey
Wood said.
More significant damage was still possible as heavy rains were
expected to douse much of northern California into Tuesday and
southern California into Wednesday.
Los Angeles County could receive 3 to 5 inches of rain in the
mountains and foothills, the weather service said.
Even so, the effects appeared to be far less significant than
that from another atmospheric river two weeks ago that dumped up
to a year's worth of precipitation in some areas, knocked out
power to nearly 1 million customers and killed nine people.
After historic precipitation a year ago effectively ended the
state's severe drought, California is again experiencing a wet
year.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday declared a major disaster
over severe storms that flooded the San Diego area in January,
freeing up federal assistance to supplement state and local
recovery efforts. Those rains killed three people and damaged
more than 800 homes, the office of California Governor Gavin
Newsom said.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California; Editing by
Gerry Doyle and Sonali Paul)
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