The rain has finally ended here for now. The front has moved to the south. Now we are getting ready for the next storm with a new round of advisories. And if all the wind and rain wasn’t bad enough, we going to have the King Tide to contend with which could cause coastal flooding. Whoopee!
I’m pushing the inch mark already with .98" with a lot more rain to go. I thought they said this storm wasn’t supposed to be as bad as the last one. Ha! This just in:
Event: Flash Flood Warning
Alert: The National Weather Service in The San Francisco Bay Area has issued
a
Flash Flood Warning for…
Southwestern Napa County in northern California…
Until 800 PM PST
At 205 PM PST, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the
warned area. Most stream gaging sites in the area are indicating
that water levels are quickly rising, and many sites have reached
Monitor Stage. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly, and
rainfall is expected to continue through the afternoon and evening
hours.
Some locations that will experience flooding include…
Napa, American Canyon, St. Helena, Calistoga, Yountville, Deer Park
and Angwin.
The front for this storm finally went through at 7:49 pm with one last gasp of a gust of 32 mph. The baro bottomed out at 29.67 in and is now rising. The wind has gone down and changed direction to the SW.
Amazing! That certainly wouldn’t be my idea of a good time. We have another chance of heavy rain tonight and then it is supposed to be clear cool the rest of the week.
[size=83]An EF0 tornado touched down in a Sacramento neighborhood early Wednesday morning, causing a minor amount of damage. According to the National Weather Service, the tornado struck the South Natomas neighborhood near Rio Terra Avenue and Northgate Blvd. shortly after midnight. The tornado lasted for less than five minutes. The tornado led to several downed trees, while other trees were stripped of their limbs. Fences were also downed because of the tornado, and two metal awnings were twisted and torn down. There are no reports of injuries.[/size]
Looks like we are going to get a break for a few days however, we may be in for more rain next week. At least it will let the ground dry out a little bit and the rivers to go down. I have to think that all this rain and snow will put a big dent in our drought.
that is one of the reasons that I moved from Calif to Idaho. Lots of water here many rivers to fish. when the ground is not covered with snow (as it is now) green lawns all over. Born in Calif and lived there all of my life until 2013.
Chuck