{"id":503343,"date":"2026-10-21T21:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503343\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T21:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:02:09","slug":"storm-system-arrives-to-california-with-flood-watch-in-effect-for-most-of-kern-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503343\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm system arrives to California, with Flood Watch in effect for most of Kern County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A weather system is making its way to California, with rain to hit Kern County on Wednesday and a Flood Watch in effect.<\/p>\n<p>A Flood Watch is in effect for the Kern County South Valley, mountains, Kern River Valley, and desert areas, from 8 a.m. through Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/hnx?fbclid=IwY2xjawVFyHlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMXZGa3lTa3hNWnQ1VzFPOGZzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeBeOUMv8-eVRzL1MSFVZqJXeZlKfeWXWQe56v0obmgzIbn4u17rS_ITKKvIY_aem_IHs51wRtjMiE-S3uXYxUiA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Weather Service <\/a>said excessive rainfall may end in flooding, especially along burn scars, low crossings, and urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>According to our Weather Authority team, it is all due to our much-anticipated low-pressure system that has dropped out of the Gulf of Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday afternoon and evening for Kern County, with the heaviest amount of rainfall mid-afternoon. It should break late evening, but round two hits around 4 a.m. This will be more focused on areas of Tehachapi, Lake Isabella, and the Kern County desert.<\/p>\n<p>During the Flood Watch, residents are advised to slow down in areas of lowered visibility, watch for roadway flooding, and seek shelter if you hear thunder.<\/p>\n<p>CHP Mojave advises drivers to:<\/p>\n<p>Slow down and increase following distanceTurn headlights on when wipers are in useTurn Around, Don\u2019t Drown \u2014 never drive through flooded roadways<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here <\/a>for the latest from your Weather Authority team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A weather system is making its way to California, with rain to hit Kern&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-503343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}