Heavy rain and powerful winds are nonetheless sweeping the Bay Space on Saturday, prompting flood watches, wind advisories and energy outages throughout the area.
Early Saturday morning downtown San Francisco was additionally hit with intense winds, prompting the primary twister warning ever issued for the town, in response to the Nationwide Climate Service. The warning, which additionally included elements of northern San Mateo County, went into impact round 5:54 a.m. earlier than being lifted about 20 minutes later. Bushes have been blown down throughout the town, blocking main roadways and streets. Greater than 10,000 individuals have been with out energy in San Francisco as of Saturday morning, in response to PG&E.
The NWS issued a flood advisory at 8:23 a.m. Saturday morning within the Petaluma space following an evening of hefty downpours. The advisory is in impact till 1:30 p.m.
In Belmont, police are asking the general public to keep away from Shoreway Street on Saturday morning due to flooding brought on by rain. As of 8 a.m., the street is closed in each instructions between 1301 Shoreway Street to Redwood Shores Parkway and Holly Avenue, in response to a police advisory. There was no estimate for when the street would reopen.
A flood watch went into impact at 4 a.m. Saturday morning and can final by means of Sunday afternoon at Carmel River State Seashore in Carmel Valley. Flooding is prone to happen on the seaside car parking zone and doubtlessly close to the neighborhoods south of fifteenth Avenue, in response to the NWS.
One other flood warning was issued from Friday afternoon by means of Sunday afternoon for the North Bay, together with Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties. The NWS studies extreme rain might result in flooding in creeks and rivers, and water ponding on roadways and in different low-lying areas. A coastal flood advisory for areas alongside the San Francisco and San Pablo bays additionally went into impact Thursday morning and can stay till Monday afternoon.
With potential wind gusts of as much as 55 mph Saturday, excessive wind warnings have been issued for the San Francisco and the Peninsula coast from 10 p.m. Friday till Saturday morning. In the meantime, wind advisories for internal Bay Space cities that went into impact Friday afternoon will final till 10 a.m. Saturday. South winds are anticipated to be between 20-30 mph, presumably leading to blown-down bushes and energy strains, in response to the NWS.
The storm has additionally left hundreds with out energy within the South Bay. As of 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning, the outages have been largely targeting the Peninsula coast together with areas round Pomponio State Seashore, Pescadero State Seashore and Butano State Park, in response to PG&E. In downtown Menlo Park neighborhoods greater than 1,000 persons are experiencing energy outages, together with prospects in elements of Millbrae and downtown Burlingame. Energy for all of the areas is predicted to return Saturday afternoon, in response to PG&E.
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Initially Printed: December 14, 2024 at 9:53 AM PST
