Roadway flooding, road closures reported in first significant storm of the season
A winter storm drenched Santa Barbara on Sunday night and Monday, and caused some roadway flooding on Highway 101. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
Hail collected on Highway 154 above Santa Barbara early Monday during the first significant storm of the season. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo)
Clouds gather over Santa Barbara on Monday morning. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
Snow from the storm fell on 3,997-foot La Cumbre Peak. (Cody Westheimer photo)
A family watches storm runoff in Arroyo Burro Creek as it hits the ocean on Monday. (Ray Ford / Noozhawk photo)
The first solid storm of the 2020-21 winter season brought Santa Barbara County unusual southwesterly gale-force winds and the first significant rainfall since March, soaking a parched land still struggling under drought conditions.
Officials said the rainfall will have little impact on the countyâs major reservoirs, but the moisture will reduce the danger of wildfire in a county where as recently as Dec. 6 the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for extreme wildfire danger.
Capt. Daniel Bertucelli, spokesman for the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, said itâs hard to say exactly how many ticks down the risk chart the rain will take the countyâs fire danger.
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