Some residents along the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County defied the evacuation orders that have since been lifted for the area on Thursday.

Another round of intense atmospheric activity will arrive late Tuesday, when an atmospheric river storm will park itself above the Bay Area and Central Coast to unload buckets of rain and

Three evacuation warnings are being issued due to the excessive rainfall expected Thursday in Santa Cruz County.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office placed several unincorporated low-lying areas under an evacuation warning Wednesday due to heavy rains and likely flooding from the arriving storm.

High winds and heavy rains impacted Santa Cruz County as a high surf warning has been issued through Saturday morning.

KRON4's Rob Nesbitt reports. Follow for weather coverage: <a href="