Warnings are posted until 8 00 tonight. Flooding is expected in Sonoma County, penngrove and petaluma. The petaluma river, even the napa river at saint helena, will briefly touch flood stage tomorrow. It shouldnt be high above flood stage. In the meantime, look at how much of this rain, more than 4 up at guerneville and thats one of the reasons that they have Flood Warnings posted on that river beginning to hit flood stage tomorrow night peaking saturday and easing off by saturday night. Between now and then a lot could happen. Especially in that part of bay area, stay tuned. As for what happens next, well have the complete forecast in just a few minutes. Breaking news related to the storm. We are getting word, ace commuter trains are proceeding very slowly and cautiously heading out of fremont to niles canyon. Inspectors checking the tracks because of the threat of flooding. Can you blame then . They have to be extra cautious. It was monday evening that a mud slide came crashing down
The highlighted area. Everybody in nine counties with the flood watch in effect. The red areas we expect flooding. We have a lot of flooding going on at this particular time. Wind advisory in effect for the bay area, as well. South winds at 25, gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour. There will definitely be some downed trees. This is our hidef doppler. We have the light rain around the city of San Francisco now moving in over the Golden Gate Bridge. Winds up to 30 miles an hour. San rafael at 15 southeast. Temperatures in the 60s. Bottom line is, its going to pour, thunderstorms possible and very gusty winds. That can make for a busy commute this morning. We are already starting off with an accident eastbound 92 at midspan. Vehicle facing sideways blocking the left lane activity on scene. Westbound side of the san mateo bridge is the commute direction right now traffic is doing okay. But again keep an eye out for that accident as you work your way from foster city into hayward. Good start at t
Over the weekend. Jackie, good morning reporter that is exactly right. So im actually in through russian russian. Roberta just said at this time a few months ago, none of this existed. Im actually in the Russian River right now. Im probably in a foot of water. So you can imagine how deep it is. A triathlon was cancelled last summer because there was nothing here to swim in. So while people are on guard for this next round of flooding, they are better prepared than they were in years past. We have video from the last time the Russian River flooded back in 1997, 1998. So waters grew to 45 feet. But its still not as high as when it was the 1986 winter when water levels reached 49. 5 feet. So today through the night the nws expects the river will start flowing at its lowest level at 32 feet. Steady rains pounded the north bay all day yesterday causing this mud slide in forestville. It was one of several in the area. Mud, rocks and other debris block summer home park road for hours. Even th
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