[Updated: Thu., Dec. 21, 2023, 10:35am]
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a flash flood warning for the coast of southern Santa Barbara County and the Santa Ynez Valley. The warning will remain in effect until this Thursday at 4 p.m.
A flash flood warning means that flash flooding is occurring or imminent. At 8:42 a.m., Doppler radar and automate rain gauges indicated heavy rain falling across the warned areas, which include Santa Barbara, Goleta and Santa Barbara Airport, Isla Vista, Montecito, Summerland, Carpinteria, El Capitan State Beach, Refugio State Beach, Highway 154 over San Marcos Pass, and Lake Cachuma.
