Live Updates: Bay Area recovers from devastating Level 3 storm damage, power outages

The flood watch that was in effect for the North Bay area has been canceled, the National Weather Service said Saturday morning.

Though the flood watch has been canceled, flood advisories remain in place near Santa Rosa and the Bayshore coast, the weather service said.

A flood warning is a call to action, according to the National Weather Service. A flood warning is issued when flooding is imminent or occurring.

On the other hand, a flood advisory means to be aware. Flood advisories are issued when a specific weather event that is forecast to occur may become a nuisance, according to the weather service.

As of 8 a.m. Sunday, there are more than 18,000 PG&E customers without power in the Bay Area following Saturday's storm, the agency said.

San Francisco
117

East Bay
615

North Bay
11,506

Peninsula
3,869

South Bay
1,937

Total
18,044

You can track those with the map below.

BAY AREA POWER OUTAGE MAP

Bay Trail and Marina Dog Park are temporarily closed due to debris accumulation from the recent storm, city officials announced on Saturday.

Temporary fencing and closure signs have been installed at the Marina and Heron Bay pedestrian bridges to restrict access, park officials said.

The city cited public safety concerns as the reason for the closure while staff work to clear debris and restore the areas.

The closures are expected to remain in place until Dec. 24. Updates may be issued if there are timeline changes

Emergency management officials are reminding people to take the National Weather Service alerts seriously.

With downed trees and smashed cars, Saturday's storm brought along with it the first-ever tornado warning for San Francisco.

It comes just one week after the Bay Area braced itself amid a tsunami warning.

"In one week, a Tsunami Warning and a Tornado Warning. That's pretty remarkable, in terms of how often we get those," said San Francisco State Professor Emeritus John Monteverdi, who studies severe storms.

He says with climate change, comes more atmospheric rivers.

"That's the way we expect climate change to manifest. With storms that produce more rainfall and intense rainfall, and embedded in those bands can be circulations like the one that resulted in the tornado warning," Monteverdi said.

Many people in San Francisco got woken up by an alert for a Tornado Warning and were left wondering if it was real and what should they do.

"I was confused I woke up and never heard of anything happening in this area, so I was confused more than anything," said Kaylee Smith.

Some even challenged the severity of these types of warnings.

"I've been a Bay Area resident my whole life. We've gotten a bunch of warnings for other weather-related things, and I feel like nothing serious has ever really happened," said San Francisco resident Jessica King.

Emergency management officials are reminding people to take the National Weather Service alerts seriously.

"It's not fun to be woken up at 5:50 a.m., and it's alarming, and it's unsettling, but the reality is, in San Francisco we are trending toward more frequent extreme weather events," said Jackie Thornhill, deputy communications officer for San Francisco's Department of Emergency Management. "These alerts are based on very objective criteria and weather modeling, and they are only sent when there is a significant probability of a life-safety hazard happening. And the scenes that you've seen throughout the city today exemplify those life-safety hazards."

And as for incidents like Saturday morning's alert, emergency officials are directing people to the basement.

"We totally understand that in San Francisco, a lot of people don't have access to a basement. So, in those situations, in the event of a future tornado warning, the next best thing is an interior room away from windows on the lowest floor possible," Thornhill said.