Third Straight Storm System Bearing Down on Bay Area

Bay Area Dealing with Flooding After Heavy Rain

YouTube@KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA   Bay Area residents are hoping to dry out today after a wet and wild Tuesday.  Heavy rain hit the region in the morning hours, leaving numerous areas flooded.  In the higher elevations, Bay Area peaks like Mount Hamilton were expected to get nearly eight inches of snow.  Strong winds led to issues like an incident in San Mateo where a massive pine tree fell across West 20th Avenue and snarled traffic.  Similar t…

Third straight storm system bearing down on Bay Area

The battering weather that brought hard rain, thunder and lightning to the Bay Area and near white-out conditions in the Sierra Nevada ceased by early Wednesday, but a third successive storm system was on its heels and set to bring…

Lightning, thunder awaken Bay Area, announce arrival of latest storm

The latest in what appears to be an unending stream of storms thundered through the Bay Area on Tuesday, producing violent claps of thunder and lightning bright enough to light up momentarily the gray and sometimes dark sky. It also brought fierce snow, winds and near whiteout conditions in the Sierra Nevada. By Wednesday night, some of that snow could be on Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County. On Tuesday, it already was dusting Mount Hamilton i…

Bay Area storm brings snow to Mount Hamilton

A storm rolling through the Bay Area also changed the look of the region’s mountaintops with a dusting of snow. The strong storm dropped 3 to 5 inches of snow Tuesday on the top of Mount Hamilton in the South Bay, which drew some people out to make the trek up and enjoy the snow and view. NBC Bay Area’s Marianne Favro also went to the top of Mount Hamilton to check it out. Watch her report in the video above. …

Rain, wind and snow continue across Bay Area

Rain and gusty winds will continue across the Bay Area and Central Coast as multiple storm systems move through the region this week, according to the National Weather Service. In an advisory Wednesday, forecasters said rain will persist this week as additional systems arrive. A Wind Advisory remains in effect for the Central Coast, and […] The post Rain, wind and snow continue across Bay Area appeared first on Redwood City Pulse.

Lightning strikes, hail hit Bay Area; black ice possible in some areas Wednesday

Thunder, lightning and hail were reported around the Bay Area during the latest storm that hit the region Tuesday, and snow could fall at higher elevations overnight, National Weather Service forecasters said. By mid-morning Tuesday, there had already been roughly 500 lightning strikes in the region as well as pea-sized hail and wind gusts as high as 60 mph at higher elevations, according to the weather service. The Sonoma County Office of Educa…