Los Angeles County was placed under a flash flood warning by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 5:34 p.m. The warning is in effect until 8 p.m.

“At 5:34 p.m., Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 1.5 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly,” says the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA . “Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.”

The warning is for Angeles Crest Highway between Mount Waterman and Big Pines. Mount Baldy. This Warning includes far western portions of the Bridge Burn Scar.

According to the NWS, “Turn around, don’t drown wh

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