Heavy Rainfall Hits Parts of Santa Barbara County, but No Major Problems Reported
More rain in forecast for Sunday night, with another storm expect on Tuesday
Lights shimmer on the wet pavement on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara Saturday night as the first storm of 20-19 moves through the area. Another round was rainfall was expected Sunday afternoon and evening. (Peter Hartmann / Noozhawk photo)
By Tom Bolton, Noozhawk Executive Editor | @tombol | 
9:27 p.m. |
9:27 p.m. | 
Doppler radar shows moderate to heavy rainfall moving into Santa Barbara County Saturday afternoon. The National Weather Service issed a flood advisory that was in effect until 7:30 p.m. Saturday. (National Weather Service map)
The first storm of 2019 brought moderate to heavy rainfall to parts of Santa Barbara County on Saturday, but no major problems were reported.
The National Weather Service issued a Flood Advisory Saturday afternoon, noting that Doppler radar showed downpours moving into the western part of the county, mainly north and west of Gaviota.
At 3:10 p.m., an automated rain gauge west of Gaviota reported 0.59 inches in 15 minutes, according to a tweet from the National Weather Service.
As of Saturday night, Rancho San Julian was the county's wettest spot, recording 1.84 inches of rain.
Similar amounts fell at Alisal Reservoir near Solvang (1.76 inches) and La Cruces (1.60 inches).
Other totals included El Capitan, 1.32 inches; Dos Pueblos Ranch at 1.27 inches; Ellwood, 1.25 inches; Goleta, 1.24 inches; UCSB, 1.16 inches; Lompoc, 0.78 inches; Santa Barbara, 0.74 inches; Santa Maria, 0.56 inches; Carpinteria, 0.53 inches; and Montecito, 0.46 inches.
"There was some pretty heavy rain coming down for a little while," Kathy Hoxsie, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, said shortly after 9 p.m. "The front’s gone past your area, so the heavy rain has moved on."
Showery conditions were expected for the next few hours, she added.
"We had a pretty defined cold front," Hoxsie noted. "The heavier stuff pretty much came with the cold front."
With the first major storm of 2019 bearing down on Santa Barbara County, high surf and dramatic clouds create an ominous picture at UC Santa Barbara’s Campus Point early Saturday. (Jonathan Handy photo via Instagram)
Roadway flooding and minor mud flows and rock flows were reported throughout the county, but no major problems.
Sunny skies are expected during the day Sunday, but another round of precipitation — with up to three-quarters of an inch of rain — are forecast Sunday afternoon and evening, Hoxsie said.
More rain also is likely late Tuesday into Thursday, with more showers possible Friday and Saturday.
"The storm door is open," Hoxie said. " It's all a matter of if they get south. But there's no reason to think these next few storms won't follow a similar track."
— Noozhawk executive editor Tom Bolton can be reached at tbolton@noozhawk.com. Follow Noozhawk on Twitter: @noozhawk, @NoozhawkNews and @NoozhawkBiz. Connect with Noozhawk on Facebook.
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