This is the first time this season weve had a storm ranking 3 on the impact scale. So far today the north bay has seen the worst. We have Live Team Coverage spread out across the bay area. First, christian spencer. That storm is strong right now. Live dpop pler 7 you can see the rain is covering much of the north bay. It is rather heavy. As we close in we can see the rain moving in there marine county over to napa county. The orange and red colors there, moving north of Sonoma County toward the napa area, east of fairfield. Its a strong storm and it will be with us tonight and tomorrow morning producing anywhere from 1 inch to 2. 5 inhes for most of the bay year area. 2 to 4 inches in the hills. Heaviest of the rain will be in the north bay until midnight. Moving into San Francisco and oakland later tonight in the Early Morning hours. Into the south bay between 2 00 and 8 00 a. M. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 3 00 tomorrow morning for all of the north bay, especially the barn
Rain will be will be over san jose. So even as we go into tonight this rain will still be over the south bay. I will talk more about this and how much more additional rain were expecting coming up in just a few minutes. And, mike, how about those spinouts out there. We have had a number of them around the bay. Thankfully none has resulted in any major injuries or any major closures right now, but there was an issue for highway 17. We will show you scattered crashes and im still tracking an incident here 680 around vargas, an earlier car fire but chp hasnt had any problem with dealing with that so im going to assume it was a minor issue as well. The blue is where there is puddling and ponding, the green is wet roadways. Highway 17 is where we had an overnight crash, it was a single car spin out. We had video that came into the newsroom but im not sure it was able to come into the system. I was not actually on scene but we are looking at the crews that were. When there is bun accident in
Hours. Thanks for joining us today, im reggie aqi. Youre going to see kristen later today. The storm has been impacting the commute all morning long. This video shows four of our seven abc 7 sky cams giving us a look at what the conditions are and what theyve been like throughout the day. Gold gold Golden Gate Bridge to the wall nut creek and san mateo bridge, drivers are faced with slick roads and stormy conditions. Meteorologist mike nicco tracking the changes and whats to come for the rest of the day. I downgraded the storm from a 3 to a 2 at 2 00 this morning when we lost the threat of flooding over the burn scars and the advisory passed. That didnt matter for the morning commute. It was a disaster. I dropped it down to a 1. Light rain and scattered showers will develop. The showers mainly across the north bay. Well have moderate rain still across our south bay mountains. Most of us less than half an inch except in the mountains. Were down to a light storm. Heres a look at radar tu
Through. And this will not be like when will the worst of the storm get to me . We are going to see the steady rain lasting for several hours, and thats going to cause some problems. And as we go through the i÷n. What we are seeing as we look at the radar now, some pockets of some heavy rain, then lighter, then it gets a little bit those are the waves we will see through this evening. Mostly light rain in San Francisco. You may take a break once this passes by. Also for the east bay getting heavy i heavier and once again, it continues for the next several hours. Even into tonight as we continue on with this steady streamwcrjt rain rolling by. So ill have a look at how much rain we could see and how much weve measured. Thats coming up a little bit later. All right, thank you, kari. And this morning that wet weather causing a number of accidents. 7 . Oi including one in the east bay. Nbc bay areas bob re zel live in fremont. Has the power been restored tof those areas . Reporter well,
Airport in honolulu and chartered a plane to maui. He made it through tsa with a fake id be a chose san jose because it was the cheapest ticket in to california. He landed sunday night and took a cab to a motel. I couldnt believe i actually made it. It was surreal. Reporter saito spent time looking to buy a car in san jose. But unable to do that he took another cab to stockton, an area hes familiar with after spending three years in nearby lodi with his family when he was a teenager. After spending three nights in stockton with one trip to walmart to buy a phone, he decided it was time to move on. A cab driver agreed to drive him to reno wednesday. When they stopped for gas on the way out police swooped in and arrested ato. Police officers converged on me. Reporter the final question, why did he escape . After 37 years in the psychiatric hospital, saito says he had an exemplary record with no violence or drugs. He said this escape was his chance to prove he was not a danger to anyone a