Of strong intensity producing moderate to heavy rainfall and gusty winds gusting 35 Miles Per Hour. Likelihood of small stream flooding. It has been a while since weve seen a storm this strong, the last storm ranking three on the impact scale occurred march 11th. Lets take a look at what the Current Conditions are on live doppler 7. You can see scattered areas of moisture and some light scattered sprinkles are occurring right now. No significant rainfall is occurring yet, but as we widen out and show you the flow of moisture coming in our direction you can see thursdays storm is intensifying out to see and moving for thefully in our direction, and when will be its impact on thursday owes afternoon and evening rush . Well, we expect heavy rain late in the day on thursday and strong gusty winds and localized flooding and wet and dark conditions add up for travel delays. Be prepared to track the storm on your own by downloading the abc 7 news app and enabling push alefrmts more on the app
From your Vantage Point . The turning weather helped. The sunshine allowed the water level to drop. Pan to your right and well show the folks the Highwater Mark was against the tree. Now the creek is back within its banks. Theres evident of flooding in the trees. Earlier this afternoon san jose mayor was helping affected residents with clean up and fielded questions about water officials blaming the flood at the mayors feet. An email shows jim mccann sent an email tuesday alerting city staff about an increase of water flow in the creek that could lead to flooding. There was a response at 3 o six saying she would be back in the office at 5 00 a. M. Water district officials declined an on camera comment and released a statement. The critical information along with our concern that the rock springs area would likely experience high flows between 6 00 to 7 00 was communicated to san jose at 2 47 00 a. M. On tuesday. Theres a lot of temptation for folks to fingerpointing but it has to stop.
Were getting to connect because were all in this together, thats the big, its really hitting you know. Weve had neighbors hit harder than us coming to help. The efforts dont make a dent in the damage done, so many volunteers say they will be back again tomorrow. Wanted to flood the city with love and make a difference with our efforts. Volunteers who want to pitch in can show up at the Roosevelt Community center between 8 00 and 3 00 tomorrow. They want to branch out to other neighborhoods. This is a perfect example of how disasters bring out the best in people. Are you surprised about what youre seeing down there . Not at all. Thats something i say all the time. The worst situations bring out the best in people. In fact, there were people not just from san jose, some from san carlos, cupertino who wanted to make a difference. One question near the top of the list for those whos homes have been hit is if the Homeowners Insurance will cover the losses. We spoke with an Insurance Agent w
To help Students Affected by the flood. The event starts in less than an hour well be talking more about that and also another cleanup effort getting under way in san jose, the Community Center will open its doors. And hundreds of volunteers expected to come out and help. Hopefully it will stay dry but we already saw rain drops on the ground this morning, it was actually a little surprised i knew we were going to get some spitting at us and the ground was wet this morning. Was it like a downfall though it was just a little split z. I was talking with one of our engineers and we had clear skies but the road was wet. Welcome to Northern California. Yes indeed sun and clouds out there passing showers in the forecast for today as well as tomorrow maybe even monday. Well there is a cool looking shot there, giving you a view of a little bit of a build up of cloud cover. What do you see . Covering the sun. Do you see the sun right in between . Two clouds making out. [laughter] it does look li
There are new developments this morning morningin an alleged abuse case. Linnmar School Leaders will not take up action against assistant football coach matt casebolt. Casebolt. Cbs 2 news told you last week that more than a dozen families banded together to accuse casebolt of physically verbally and mentally abusing players dating all the way back to 2011. 2011. And last night the linnmar Community School district heard both sides of the argument against coach after investigating the allegations, they didnt find enough evidence to take action. Current members of the football the district said after investigating the allegations, they didnt find enough evidence to take action. Current members of the Football Team s sod by their coaches while some parents say the abuse is being covered up by the district and the students. Just because you guys have great experiences, i applaud you but you havent been in their shoes. Thats fine. That is great that you support. But when you are in the oth