Easter weekend storm hits Southern California with rain and mountain snow

LOS ANGELES — An Easter weekend storm has hit Southern California, bringing even more rain and mountain snow to a region already drenched in winter weather.

The slow-moving storm was expected to bring 1 to 3 inches (2.54 to 7.62 centimeters) of rain by Monday, as well as up to 2 feet (0.61 meters) of snow in the mountains above 6,000 feet (1,828.80 meters) elevation . .

Although the National Weather Service office in Oxnard had received no reports of major flooding or mudslides by Saturday afternoon, forecasters issued a flood warning in parts of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties until Sunday afternoon.

Ryan Kittell, a weather service meteorologist, said the weekend’s storm is typical of March but was not an atmospheric river like many of the others that have battered California in recent winters.

The storm left the San Francisco Bay Area on Friday and simply marched along the California coast overnight, bringing most of the rainfall to the Los Angeles area, Kittell said.

The storm then parked over the region, where it is expected to linger until Sunday night or Monday. Showers and possible thunderstorms are forecast for that period, with the possibility of damaging winds and a tornado.