Santa Barbara County lifted storm-related evacuation warnings for Carpinteria and Montecito areas on Monday afternoon, but kept them in place for portions of Santa Barbara and the Gaviota Coast.

One area the warnings are still in effect is along Sycamore Creek in Santa Barbara, including Sycamore Canyon Road, which was closed midday Monday due to mud and slide activity.

The warnings also stayed in effect for downtown Santa Barbara areas near Mission Creek and parts of the Gaviota Coast.

While the heaviest rains have passed, more rain is expected through Wednesday, with a chance of downpours and thunderstorms.

When it comes to rainfall totals in this storm, “Santa Barbara County’s been the winner so far,” National Weather Service meteorologist David Gomberg said.

San Marcos Pass through the Santa Ynez Mountains recorded 10 inches of rain in the past two days, as of midday Monday.

That’s the most of any monitoring station in the NWS region of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties.

The runners-up were all local spots in the frontcountry Santa Ynez mountains and foothills: 8.13 inches for the KTYD tower station, 7.83 inches in Tecolote Canyon, 7.56 inches at the Doulton Tunnel, 7.47 inches at El Deseo, 7.4 inches at Maria Ygnacio Ridge, and 7.01 inches at Upper Romero Canyon.

Santa Barbara Airport – which is closed for flooding – had 3.7 inches in the past two days.

Roadway flooding, power outages and stranded vehicles were reported across the South Coast Monday morning after hours of steady rainfall.

Road closure information is available from Caltrans (highways) and county Public Works.

In Santa Barbara, police are investigating a possibly storm-related death after a body was discovered in Mission Creek.

Weather Forecast

Scattered showers are expected Monday and Tuesday, and heavier rain is possible on Tuesday night into Wednesday.

There’s a chance of thunderstorms, gusty winds, small hail, and isolated waterspouts or tornadoes south of Point Conception, Gomberg said.

Santa Barbara County will get another inch or two of rain in the next two days, he said, much less than it got overnight Sunday into Monday.

It should clear up Thursday and Friday before another chance of rain this weekend.

A Flood Watch is in effect countywide until 10 a.m. Wednesday.

West-facing beaches have a high surf warning in effect with “dangerously large breaking waves of 14 to 20 feet” and rip currents expected. That warning is in effect through 9 p.m. Tuesday.

All local beach areas had high surf and coastal flood advisories in effect as of Monday afternoon.