Blizzard warnings extend into Southern California as snowflakes brush Hollywood sign

A slow-moving winter storm intensified over California, triggering the first blizzard warning in parts of the Los Angeles area since 1989 and creating the extraordinary sight of snowflakes swirling around the iconic Hollywood sign. | Reuters

In Southern California, “this is a rare case of a cold, significant storm event,” Jackson said.

At an elevation of 1,500 feet , the sign – with its giant, white-block lettering visible for miles around the city – was close to the threshold for the formation of snow during the storm, Jackson said. A separate storm that clobbered the Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes regions earlier this week blew out to sea on Friday after passing over New England, the weather service said. But more than 750,000 homes and businesses, mostly in Michigan, remained without electricity.

Even before the latest storm in California, much of the state has experienced an unusually rainy, chilly winter.In Los Angeles County on Friday, a blizzard warning was issued for the San Gabriel Mountains north of the city, where 2 to 5 feet of snow could fall above an elevation of 4,500 feet , the weather service said. Seven feet 7 feet of snow could accumulate in some spots with winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour.

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