

The storm was expected to raise rounds of heavy downpours during the morning over towns like Felton, Scotts Valley and Ben Lomond. That’s because this Pineapple Express is blowing southwest winds toward the coast, placing the mountains in the direct path of all its moisture. The San Lorenzo River will be heavily impacted by the rounds of intense rain bands aimed at the Santa Cruz Mountains. The National Weather Service’s flood stage forecast for the San Lorenzo River, where runoff will lead to the river reaching its major flood stage through Friday morning and the early afternoon. By the middle of the morning, these levels were to begin falling as the runoff spreads downstream.įloodwaters already peaked on the San Lorenzo River on Friday morning. Once the river reaches that level, it could impact residents along its banks. This will give runoff enough time to make it to the Russian River, raising its levels to peak above 32 feet. Friday, slowly transitioning to lighter showers over the course of the morning. The most intense bands of rain were slated to last through 9 a.m. The first stage is the action stage, which it was to hit early Friday morning before gradually receding by noon. River forecast models, or hydrologic models, project that the Russian River will will reach stages where there are concerns for flooding. It will then gradually fall below flood stages by the afternoon Baron Lynx The National Weather Service’s flood stage forecast for the Russian River, where runoff will lead to the river reaching its “action” stage through Friday morning.


This runoff will also feed into the Russian River, which will lead to a risk of river flooding. Residents in rural areas, like Healdsburg and Guerneville, will be dealing with flooding on roadways Friday as runoff from the mountains makes it down to lower elevations. This includes the highlands of the North Bay, where showers will persist along highlands in Sonoma County and the Marin Headlands. Futurecast shows widespread accumulations of 4 to 8 inches of rain between now and Thursday afternoon, with most of that rain likely to fall today.Heavy rainfall will slowly peter out across the Bay Area during the morning, with lingering bands of showers latching onto some of the hillsides and mountains through noon. If you see several hours of thunderstorms you may easily see 4 to 6 inches of rain today. The downpours will be blinding today, and some areas could see 1 to 2 inches of rain per hour. The heaviest rain will be moving east through the morning so Arkansas and Louisiana will see an increasing threat of heavy rain and flooded roads by the late morning and early afternoon. If you encounter a flooded road or intersection, turn around don’t drown. If you are in the Gilmer, Longview, Jefferson, Marshall, Atlanta, and Texarkana areas be on the lookout for flooded roads during the morning commute. some of these areas will have picked up over 5 inches of rain. Radar is estimating that 2 to 4 inches of rain has already fallen across much of northeast Texas. See rainfall totals for the past 48 hours
