Tracking Easter weekend storms, possible mudslides, flooding in Southern California

coverage of the incoming rain. Fox 7's Laura Diaz takes a closer look at landslide prone areas. First meteorologist Jonathan Novak is tracking the storm. Jonathan. Well it has arrived. Santa Barbara Ventura County is already seeing some light to even some moderate rainfall and I'm going to tell you the energy to the north of Southern California is very intense and it's heading in this direction. Right now light to moderate shower activity. In fact eastern Santa Barbara County getting some moderate rain at this point but Ventura County just the beginning of what will be a very busy next 12 to 16 hours at least. And you can see from the Ojai Valley through the Santa Susana Mountains we're seeing that light rain. Now off to the west this is where things really start picking up in western Santa Barbara County. Lompoc up to Santa Maria right now. That's where the game is but even to the north it's really intense. Severe thunderstorm warnings right now around Monterey. All of that energy is heading right down the coastline so because of that flood watch is in effect. They don't kick in until tonight. We're already seeing the showers you just saw that but the flood watch the concern is tonight at 10 p.m. until Sunday at 6 p.m. for everybody. Rainfall rates could exceed three quarters of an inch per hour. That's a terrible situation. Winter storm warnings are in effect from Saturday at 2 a.m. until Sunday night. Could see one to two feet of snow over 6,000 feet. Here's the forecast on the Futurecast. Picking up very well what's happening right now and that's important when you look at these high-resolution computer models. How are they initializing and it's picking up on the current activity. Friday at 10 p.m. moderate to heavy rain ongoing in Santa Barbara and beginning in Ventura County. Then by the time we get to 2 30 a.m. that rain will start in LA County and be coming down very heavy in Ventura County. Then by Saturday at 5 a.m. that activity gets out of Ventura County into LA County. So at 5 a.m. Saturday very intense rainfall in the foothills especially but everybody's gonna be under the gun and by the time we get to Saturday in the afternoon the heaviest rain off to the east but look at what is happening after that. We have additional storm activity unfortunately and that is a big problem. I will detail the rest of your Easter Sunday forecast coming up in seven day for now. Alex back to you. Yeah that fact that that flood watch is so long especially concerning. SkyFox over Santa Paula where there is an evacuation order in effect due to landslides from recent rains and with this Easter weekend storm hitting Southern California many communities are bracing for potentially more. That includes the Hollywood Hills where home that let's go to homes are already red tag Fox 11's Laura Diaz is live with the latest on that Laura. Alex of course we're all weary of the rain but here in the Hollywood Hills they're not only tired of it they're very concerned about their property and there's a good reason why. As you look over my shoulder you can see a recent landslide that occurred here in the Hollywood Hills so at this point people are working hard to protect their property and to protect their lives. Of course preparing for this weekend we're expected to get between two and three more inches starting to about midnight tonight until Sunday afternoon. With a series of menacing storms ready to pounce on the Southland this Easter weekend hillside living felt precarious for some people this Friday. These aerial views from SkyFox show how recent powerful landslides smashed into backyards sometimes bringing boulders and debris and displacing families. It's the relentless rain bringing a flood of worry from perch views in Topanga Canyon to the hills of Sherman Oaks to the Hollywood Hills. Blue skies and red tags with a forecast of heavy rain and heavy worry. You'll see a lot of boulders and all their those homes have been red tagged by the city and they're all marked as you cannot occupy this house. Anytime you live in the hills and any time that the kind of rain that we've had these past couple years where two three four inches may drop you pay attention. In the glamorous Hollywood Hills off of Doheny five hillside homes on Flicker Way red tags on homes signaling they were too dangerous to enter. Even on street level you could see the massive boulders land and debris swept into people's dream homes. There a dream turned into a nightmare when Mother Nature landed at their back door. You can actually see that where the earth moved right here. But geologists urge people to take advantage of the sunny skies Friday to keep their homes and families safe. You want to make sure you clear out any debris from drain pipes you want to let the water flow into those culverts and into those spaces where we know that the water is going to be able to flow out of the area safely. So it's almost April we're kind of hoping this is the last of it but if it isn't we have to keep keep aware and keep prepared. We talked to a lot of people who said that they are gearing up for this storm in fact they've hired workers they've hired geologists and also they've hired attorneys. As you can imagine in an instance like this you're actually seeing neighbors in some cases turning on neighbors. Laura Diaz reporting live from the Hollywood Hills now back to the studio. I never want to see that Laura Diaz thank you. You can track the weather in your neighborhood anytime with the Fox weather app. It's free has exclusive features like 3d mobile radar you can download it right now.