Storm Live Updates: Toppled trees, thousands without power across Bay Area

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Last updated: Saturday, December 14, 2024 10:35PM GMT
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The National Weather Service forecast for the greater San Francisco Bay Area for Saturday calls for rain and thunderstorm in most part of the region.

Daytime highs will be mostly in the high 50s to low 60s on the coast, mid 50s to low 60s around the bay, and in the mid to high 60s inland. Overnight lows will be mostly in the mid 30s to low 40s.

According to the NWS, the North Bay and Bay Area will experience moderate to heavy rainfall Saturday night with strong winds. Strong south winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph are possible.

There was a High Wind Warning in the Coastal areas and East Bay Hills until 7 a.m., on Saturday. There was an ongoing Wind Advisory in the Interior Bay Area and Interior Central Coast effective until Saturday, 10 a.m.

The weather conditions are expected to be the strongest overnight and into late Sunday morning.

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2 hours and 32 minutes ago

Hwy 9 at Buck Knoll Rd. in Boulder Creek currently shut down due to fallen trees, CHP says

Highway 9 at Buck Knoll Road in Boulder Creek is currently closed after power lines fell, toppling trees, according to the CHP.

Motorists are asked to avoid the area. And it's unknown when the road will reopen.

2 hours and 49 minutes ago

Winter storm dumps several inches of snow in Sierra Nevada

The same system that spawned a tornado warning in San Francisco and toppled trees across the Bay Area is now dumping snow up in the Sierra Nevada.

Footage posted to X by UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab shows snow piled up at their base in Soda Springs.

"Believe it or not, it was during a period of better conditions," the lab wrote, adding they were expecting up to 20 more inches of snow in the next 24 hours.

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the region until Saturday night.

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3 hours and 37 minutes ago

Novato experiencing citywide power outage, police advising residents against unnecessary travel

Novato police reported a citywide power outage on Saturday at 11 a.m. and asked residents to avoid unnecessary travel.

The outage was caused by a storm with high winds that arrived in the Bay Area Friday night, leaving multiple downed wires and trees, flooded roads, and inoperable traffic signals in Novato, according to the police advisory.

Police asked residents to stay home, avoid travel if possible, and only call 911 in an emergency. Road conditions are dangerous because of debris and fallen limbs.

PG&E's live outage map showed 7,440 customers affected as of 11:10 a.m.

According to a PG&E spokesperson, there were about 30,000 customers in Marin County without power as of 11:20 a.m.

The storm left more than 150,000 customers around the Bay Area and Central Coast without power, including major outages in the counties of Alameda, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey.

Outages were reported in every Bay Area County, as the storm dumped between 1-3 inches of rain in most parts of the region, with wind gusts forecast as high as 55 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

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3 hours and 52 minutes ago

Calle del Arroyo and Highway 1 flooded in Marin County

The Marin County Office of Emergency Management asked drivers to avoid Calle del Arroyo and state Highway 1, which is Shoreline Highway in the area, because of flooding.

Both lanes of Calle del Arroyo were blocked because of the water, emergency managers said at 9:38 a.m. Saturday.

About 2 inches of rain fell in the Stinson Beach area of Marin County within the past 24 hours as a rainstorm moved through the area, according to data from precip.ai.

There was no estimate for when the road would reopen.

There is a coastal flood advisory in effect from the National Weather Service through Monday afternoon.