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Flash Flooding A Concern For Central, South Coast Mountains, Especially Recent Brush Fire Burn Areas

It’s hot, it’s sticky, and there’s concern than locally heavy showers, and thunderstorms could lead to some flash flooding on the South Coast.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for until at least 10 p.m. Wednesday for the Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo County mountains, as well as the Cuyama Valley.

There’s special concern for areas burned recently by the Alamo Fire northeast of Santa Maria, and the Whittier fire in the Santa Ynez mountains.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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