Heavy rain leaves Visalia Mall entrance, parking lot flooded

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Heavy downpours are expected to proceed successful Tulare County successful the coming days, on with upwind and hail.

"They're moving beauteous quick. They are firing up and processing truly rapidly and moving disconnected towards the eastbound and northeast astatine a precise accelerated rate," said National Weather Service Meteorologist Dan Harty.

A Flood Watch continues, and officials are monitoring the grounds for mudslides on with occupation areas known for flooding.

Brief and dense downpours tin origin respective problems successful a abbreviated magnitude of time.

"5 oregon 10 minutes, and it's going to determination out, but successful that 5 oregon 10 minutes, you tin person immoderate damaging upwind gusts successful summation to the unsafe lightning, dense rainfall, and tiny hail," said Harty.

Vendors astatine a section swap conscionable were rained out, and portions of the Visalia Mall became flooded arsenic cleaning crews did their champion to mop up the incoming water.

Mall absorption said nary stores had to unopen down, but an entranceway adjacent Macy's had to beryllium closed arsenic galore shoppers besides had to look a flooded parking lot.

Tornadic enactment was not expected successful the confederate portions of the Valley connected Monday but determination is inactive a flimsy accidental for a tornado successful the North Valley.

"The menace is chiefly northbound of us, possibly up to astir Merced County and northward. So we're not expecting tornados successful Fresno, Tulare, Kings County," Harty explained.

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