While rain has tapered off in the North Bay near the Russian and Napa Rivers Wednesday, scattered showers are still expected throughout the day across the Bay Area.
>> Click here to track the storm with KRON4’s Interactive Radar.
Major Road/Highway Closures
Eastbound Highway 37 between 101 and Atherton in Novato is back open as of 3:40 p.m. Westbound Highway 37 remains closed due to flooding, according to CHP.
At this time there is no estimated time of re-opening.
This same area was closed due to flooding from a storm a few weeks ago.
CHP says both EB/WB Hwy 128 before Shear Road in Cloverdale/Sonoma County is also shut down due to a landslide.
In the East Bay, two lanes of eastbound traffic and one lane of westbound traffic are now open on Ygnacio Valley Rd between Walnut and Civic in Walnut Creek.
School/District Closures
- Alexander Valley Union School District
- Cloverdale Unified School District
- El Molino High School (West Sonoma County Union High School District)
- Forestville Union School District
- Guerneville School District
- Geyserville Unified School District
- Harmony Union School District
- Healdsburg Unified School District
- Monte Rio School District
- Montgomery Elementary School District
- Oak Grove Union School District
- West County Charter Middle School (West Sonoma County Union High School District
- West Side Union School District
Power Outages
The major storm is also causing several power outages across the Bay Area.
As of 11 a.m. PG&E estimates more than 6,000 customers are without power in the following areas:
- North Bay: 4,325
- East Bay: 454
- South Bay: 217
- Peninsula: 37
- San Francisco: 4
- Total: 5,037
Storm Totals
The Atmospheric River brought strong winds and heavy rain to the Bay Area.
The National Weather Service Bay Area has released the totals for both rain and peak wind gusts:
- RAIN, HEAVY WINDS PUMMEL BAY AREA AS ATMOSPHERIC RIVER MOVES IN
- FRESH OUT OF JAIL, R KELLY GOES TO MCDONALD’S
- MAN’S BODY RECOVERED AT SF’S OCEAN BEACH
- AN ‘F’ IN THIS STATE COULD BE SET AT 39 PERCENT
- MOM, DAUGHTER ACCUSED OF MURDERING 5 RELATIVES