Hurricane Hilary hit Category 4 status, and the National Hurricane Center issued its first-ever tropical storm watch for Southern California.
Hurricane Hilary reached Category 4 status on Friday morning, and the National Hurricane Center issued its first-ever tropical storm watch for Southern California, as the entire southwestern region braces for heavy rains, high surf, and flash flooding., off the west coast of Mexico and moving northwards as of midday Friday, has maximum sustained winds of 145 mlles per hour. Hurricane watches have been issued for Baja California, and a tropical storm watch for San Diego and Orange counties.
Heavy rainfall is also expected, especially in the inland mountains and desert regions, which are normally dry this time of year. Heavy rain associated with Hurricane Hilary is expected to spread into the SW and western U.S. this weekend/early next week. Rainfall totals of 3-6" are forecast across portions of southern CA and southern NV, which would lead to significant impacts.
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