![]() ![]() Thursday.įorecasters also issued a separate flood watch for southeastern Mendocino County, again due to concern about the effect of heavy rain on areas that burned last month near the communities of Redwood Valley and Potter Valley. The watch issued Tuesday night is in effect from 4 p.m. The watch is a notice that flash flooding could occur and touch off debris flows in the affected areas. Forecasters singled out the devastated Fountaingrove neighborhood in northeast Santa Rosa as an area of special concern. Flash floods could occur in the burn scars left behind by the Atlas (Napa County), Tubbs (Napa and Sonoma counties), Nuns (Sonoma and Napa) and Pocket (Sonoma) fires. 11.Īs the storm intensifies later in the day, rain could fall at a rate of half an inch per hour in some spots, the weather service says. Wednesday: The possibility of prolonged heavy rain arriving with the Bay Area's first major storm of the season has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood watch for the extensive swaths of the North Bay burned in last month's wildfires.Īs expected, light rain began falling overnight in the North Bay, with totals generally under a tenth of an inch by dawn Wednesday. The storm passed without triggering flash flooding or other problems in the extensive North Bay burn zones. That's a little lower than expected - though the wettest parts of the Santa Cruz range will pick up more during the day today. The highest rain amounts - in northern Sonoma County, the East Bay Hills and Santa Cruz Mountains - were around 3 inches over the past 24 hours. Dry weather is expected Friday and through the weekend, with rain returning late Sunday and Monday. The South Bay and adjacent mountains could stay wet until late afternoon or early evening. The North Bay and central Bay Area should see an end to rainfall by early afternoon. The storm is still dumping plenty of rain across the region, mostly from the Golden Gate south to the Santa Cruz Mountains, and by all appearances will be slow to exit. Thursday: Above: a map showing 24-hour rainfall totals through 8 a.m. Now: Enjoy two or three days of sunshine (or at least dry weather) before the next storm arrives. The wettest spot - not technically in our nine-county Bay Area, but close enough to count - was Ben Lomond in the Santa Cruz Mountains, with 5.02 inches. Friday: Our rainfall map is updated with storm rainfall totals. ![]()
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