Down right now the hardest. We have a team of reporters in place for you covering all parts of the bay area this afternoon. Lets begin with chief meteorologist jeff. Jeff . Right now on that Doppler Radar as it scans around, its a lot of moderate rain fall and few heavier pockets near richmond. Largest problems have been in sonoma county. Weve had 2 to 4 inches in a 36hour time period that we are still under a Flash Flood Warning until 3 00 p. M. From santa rosa down through petal a petaluma, thats where these i isolated streams, creeks and rivers could be reaching their banks and possibly overflowing as we have seen in a few cases. In terms of the major rivers were following in the snort bay, the Russian River expected to reach flood stage sometime late tonight into monday at 37. 2 feet. We are also tracking the napa river going to flood stage here. 19. 7 feet. Again, late tonight into mondays forecast. Now, in terms of the napa river at downtown also flood stage, 26. 7 feet. Again, l
Down right now the hardest. We have a team of reporters in place for you covering all parts of the bay area this afternoon. Lets begin with chief meteorologist jeff. Jeff . Right now on that Doppler Radar as it scans around, its a lot of moderate rain fall and few heavier pockets near richmond. Largest problems have been in sonoma county. Weve had 2 to 4 inches in a 36hour time period that we are still under a Flash Flood Warning until 3 00 p. M. From santa rosa down through petal a petaluma, thats where these i isolated streams, creeks and rivers could be reaching their banks and possibly overflowing as we have seen in a few cases. In terms of the major rivers were following in the snort bay, the Russian River expected to reach flood stage sometime late tonight into monday at 37. 2 feet. We are also tracking the napa river going to flood stage here. 19. 7 feet. Again, late tonight into mondays forecast. Now, in terms of the napa river at downtown also flood stage, 26. 7 feet. Again, l
Eroding the ground right underneath their feet. Mark holt new the recent storms were going to hit his home hard but never expected this. When i was up you heard a big crack and the hot tub was sliding down. It took his deck and hot tub with it. Now you can highfive people down here. Reporter a common sight all along the summit road. Hopped on his ford tractor and took upon himself to help out. Clearing the culverts and trying to make sure the road is pabl. Reporter nearby the lexington reservoir isnt spilling over like last week but thats likely to change. Meantime hope figures his hot tub casualty could cost up to 50,000 to repair. I hope insurance covers it and so far theyre not so well see. Reporter hes doing whatever he can to prevent more damage. I bought a bunch of plastic to cover up everything as much as i could. Im not sure how much thats going to help. Reporter on a bright note hope says his well will has been dry for the past four years but obviously now water isnt a problem
Houses all day long. As strong winds blew into the south bay, tree cutters were kept busy. Weve seen a lot of trees fall. Reporter this palm tree on 11th ripped into a house. It was hollowed out by bees before the storm hit. You know that, tree has had bees inside. So you can see the beehive. It rotted out. Its been weak for years and the wind was just so strong today it, gave out. Reporter while people and pets were spared injury here, this tree a few blocks away took down power lines, pg e taped off access to the house. Just a loud noise. Just a loud noise. But a lot of strong wind and then of course, you know, we could hear the trees just blowing in the wind. Reporter all right. The good news is, no reported injuries from the downed trees here in san jose thus far. However, tree cutters and pg e crews tell us they will likely be busy into the evening. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. Thank you. How about this one, not just a giant tree but a large chunk of the sidewalk, as well. Thi
The good news is the rainfall is beginning to break up a little bit here to the south. So well probably have about three more hours left of the wet weather and things try to taper off. Where it is the worst right now is down in southern california. We have storm ranger located there. Flooding and mud slides are possible. Well have more updates throughout the show. My next update at 6 10 tonight. Now that messy commute in san jose, major traffic issue on 880 this morning when power lines fell on the southbound lanes and a massive tree blocked all the northbound lines. Crews removed the power lines and then the big tree. All lanes didnt reopen till 4 00 this afternoon. Trees in the community for many people right in their front yard. This palm tree in san jose. Blame it on the rain, wind and bees. Nbc bay areas scott budman is near downtown san jose for us. Were seeing this across the region. Reporter yeah, and you said it, raj and jessica. You talked about a lot of the wind and a lot of