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March 1, 2021, 2:43 AM PST

Southern California Overview:

There is a slight chance of light rain and high elevation snow on Wednesday and early Thursday south of Point Conception and on Saturday across the region. Otherwise, conditions this week will be dry, breezy at times, and with near or above normal temperatures.

United States Overview:

Rain and thunderstorms are forecast across the Gulf Coast states over the next couple of days. Light snow and gusty winds are expected in the Great Lakes to Northeast through tonight.

A series of storms battered Southern California, which began on this day and ended on 3/3. Rain measured up to 18 inches from Santa Barbara to LA. On this day two tornadoes were observed around LA. At 8 am one F2 tornado in South Central LA tracked northward along the 110 freeway and lifted just before reaching the civic center downtown. It was on the ground for 21 minutes. It damaged or destroyed 100 homes and stores, and injured 30 people. An F0 tornado injured a motorist when his Cadillac was lifted 15 feet and carried across a highway in San Marino. Also on this day 0.33 inch fell in five minutes in San Diego, the greatest five minute rainfall on record.