A Flood Watch will go into effect for the entire Los Angeles region as the worst of the storm is expected to arrive Friday night into Saturday morning. The heavy rain brings heightened threats of flooding,

Flooding, thunderstorms, hail and even weak tornadoes are possible from a storm that will bring rain through the weekend in Los Angeles.

If rain falls as forecast, this storm could result in downtown Los Angeles seeing its wettest November since 1985.

A fast-moving wildfire raged across thousands of acres of California prairie near the Nevada border on Friday, while Los Angeles was in the throes of back-to-back storms that could trigger flooding and mudslides in areas scarred by January's devastating wildfires.

With an atmospheric river expected to arrive in Southern California, precautionary evacuation warnings have been issued in recent wildfire burn areas.

Los Angeles County is the focus of an updated flood watch released at 7:47 p.m. on Thursday by the National Weather Service. The watch is valid for Saturday, Nov. 15 between 4 a.m. and 10 p.m.

The NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a flood advisory at 8:14 a.m. on Friday in effect until noon for Los Angeles.

A fast-moving wildfire raged across thousands of acres of California prairie near the Nevada border today, while Los Angeles was in the throes of back-to-back storms that could trigger flooding and mudslides in areas scarred by January’s devastating wildfires.