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Flooding causing multiple roadway closures across Central Coast

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Posted at 1:07 PM, Dec 23, 2021
and last updated 2021-12-23 22:22:24-05

Flooding and debris slides from heavy rain on Thursday were causing multiple closures on roads in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.

5:32 p.m. - Roadway flooding was reported at San Luis Bay Dr. and Monte Rd. near Avila Beach.

[CLOSURE UPDATE] 5:15 p.m. - The #2 southbound lane of Highway 101 at Santa Rosa St. in San Luis Obispo was reopened to traffic, meaning the highway is now fully open in both directions. Some on and offramps through the area remain closed.

4:49 p.m. - A small mudslide was reported in the eastbound lane of E. Clark Ave. at Telephone Rd. near Santa Maria.

[CLOSURE UPDATE] 4:42 p.m. - All northbound lanes of Highway 101 at Santa Rosa St. in San Luis Obispo were reopened to traffic.

[CLOSURE UPDATE] 4:30 p.m. - The #1 lane of southbound Highway 101 at Santa Rosa St. in San Luis Obispo was reopened to traffic. The northbound lanes remained fully closed.

3:26 p.m. - Rockslide debris was reported on southbound Highway 41 at the Cottonwood Pass.

3:23 p.m. - Roadway flooding was reported at the bottom of the southbound Highway 101 offramp at Tefft Street in Nipomo.

2:32 p.m. - "Basketball-sized" boulders and mud were reported in the roadway on westbound Highway 46 just east of the Cholame Y.

2:29 p.m. - Boulders were reported along the fog line on Highway 154 at San Antonio Creek Rd. just north of Santa Barbara.

2:13 p.m. - A downed oak tree and roadway flooding was reported on Black Walnut Rd. and See Canyon Rd. north of Avila Beach.

1:37 p.m. - A rockslide was reported in the northbound lanes of Highway 1 just north of San Carpoforo Creek.

1:30 p.m. - Flooding was reported across the entire roadway in the 1300 block of 24th Street in Oceano.

1:14 p.m. - A rockslide was reported to be covering half of the roadway on Prefumo Canyon Rd. in San Luis Obispo.

1:11 p.m. - Roadway flooding was reported at Buckley Rd. and Hoover Ave. in San Luis Obispo.

1:06 p.m. - Roadway flooding was reported on southbound Highway 101 north of Spring St. in Paso Robles.

12:39 p.m. - A mud/rock slide was reported on the southbound side of Highway 41 just north of the Cholame Y.

[CLOSURE] 12:51 p.m. - Highway 101 at Santa Rosa St. in San Luis Obispo was closed due to flooding reported on both sides of the freeway. CHP was reporting 1-2 feet of water in the lanes due to a backed-up city drain.

[CLOSURE] 12:17 p.m. - Highway 1 from Solomon Rd. to Black Rd. near Orcutt was closed due to flooding. There was no estimated time for reopening.

[CLOSURE] 12:00 p.m. - Highway 246 at Mission Gate Rd. just outside of Lompoc was closed due to flooding across the entire roadway. Several spinouts were reported as a result of the flooding.

[CLOSURE] 9:09 a.m. - Foothill Rd. at Kirschenmann Rd. in Cuyama was closed due to flooding.

8:47 a.m. - Roadway flooding was reported at the Turnpike Rd. onramp to northbound Highway 101 in Goleta.