
"We still have road closures in the mountainous areas because of the sheer number of landslides and rockslides since we have been impacted by so many storm systems," weather service meteorologist Roger Gass told CNN. In the East Bay, public works crews closed all traffic on Wildcat Canyon Road between Inspiration Point at Tilden Regional Park and San Pablo Dam Road south of San Pablo Reservoir because of storm-related issues, the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said Wednesday. A toppled tree is seen on top of a car along northbound Interstate Highway 280, March 29, 2023. At least one lane on the busy freeway was shut down. In Daly City Wednesday, a massive tree toppled on a car in the northbound lanes of Interstate Highway 280 just south of Highway 1 around 10 a.m., according to North County Fire Authority. "In addition to cloud-to-ground lightning, gusty winds and bursts of small hail will accompany the strongest storms."īy early Wednesday morning, the weather service issued a special weather statement for San Francisco, the San Francisco Peninsula, Oakland, Berkeley, the Santa Cruz Mountains, and Richmond warning of gusty winds, downpours and hail. "The threat of thunderstorms will be greatest from late morning through the afternoon," KPIX meteorologist Paul Heggen said.

A National Weather Service flood advisory was issued until 4 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO - A low-pressure system spinning off the California coast sent waves of cold, unstable air over the San Francisco Bay Area Wednesday, carrying with them the threat of intense downpours, lightning, thunder and hail.įorecasters warned the system could whip up isolated pockets of threatening conditions. Bay Area gets pelted with intermittent heavy rain, hail as wild weather continues 06:57
