Lightning storm bay area today full#

Utility workers assess a transmission tower that collapsed in Willow Glen in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Jan.

Lightning storm bay area today full#

Some of the closed roads led to highways, and there was no estimate for when they would be open.įor the full list of the closures and the intersections without functioning traffic signals, click here. Traffic signals at two major intersections on the San Tomas Expressway also were not working.

More than a dozen roads in Santa Clara County remained closed Tuesday because of the destruction the storms left behind. Road closures throughout Santa Clara County The Carmel River Area was evacuated Monday.

Residents there were told they must be prepared to leave with any items they can gather in case the warning is followed by an order. The neighborhood runs approximately from the intersection of Highway 68 and Spreckels Boulevard. The Spreckels community in Monterey County received an evacuation warning from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. Widespread flooding, mudslides, rockslides, and the rapid rising of creeks, streams and rivers were expected, according to the weather service. Pea-sized hail fell in downtown San Francisco, and there were flashes of lightning to go along with thunder claps. “So you may still see some gusty winds with scattered thunderstorms through the day today but nothing widespread like we saw (earlier Tuesday) morning.” “Definitely the strongest winds that we’ll have were with that line of thunderstorms overnight,” NWS meteorologist Dalton Behringer said. Yet, the full force of the latest atmospheric storm to hit the region was considerably less than 24 hours earlier, according to the weather service. White-out conditions whipped the Sierra Nevada amid a blizzard at its summit. The National Weather Service also recorded hail in Monterey County early Tuesday amid forecast for the possibility of funnel clouds and/or tornadoes throughout the day. Powerful winds whipped the Bay Area overnight, exceeding 70 mph overnight in Los Gatos and hitting 69 mph at San Francisco International Airport. Nevertheless, some punches were coming Tuesday, too. A pummeling from the storms that have besieged the Bay Area began to calm just a bit Tuesday, much like a fighter punched out after landing blow after blow.