Marin rain totals mount as storm lingers in region
Mount Tamalpais accumulated 2.61 inches of rain in the 72-hour period ending at about 4:30 p.m. Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
Rain and wind raked Marin County on Monday as a stormy period continued for another day in the Bay Area.
Mount Tamalpais accumulated 2.61 inches of rain in the 72-hour period ending at about 4:30 p.m. Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Other rainfall totals for the same period included 2.09 inches in Novato, 2.04 inches in San Rafael, 2.03 inches in Kentfield and 1.17 inches in Mill Valley.
Winds of 45 to 55 mph were common in the county on Monday, with speeds topping 70 mph over the peaks, the weather agency said. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. reported power outages affecting hundreds of meters in Sausalito, Marin City and the Marin Headlands. Other outages were reported in Novato, Sleepy Hollow, Mill Valley, San Anselmo and western Marin.
Weather incidents around Marin included fallen power lines on Canyon Road in Novato; wind advisories on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge; a fallen tree branch that blocked two lanes of southbound Highway 101 near the Rodeo Avenue offramp in Sausalito; and flooding at Highway 1 and Tomales Petaluma Road.
Forecasters expect the rain to continue into Tuesday evening before tapering off. Showers could linger into Wednesday before yielding to drier weather, but more rain could arrive Friday.
“Some areas may be really wet and others are not going to be,” said Roger Gass, a National Weather Service meteorologist. “It’s a hit-and-miss situation.”
Elsewhere in the Bay Area, a portion of Niles Canyon Road west of Sunol partially collapsed on Monday in Alameda County, according to the California Highway Patrol. Police expect the road to be closed for several days.
In the Sacramento area, firefighters rescued two people from the top of a vehicle that had stalled in flood waters in Sloughhouse, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said.
In El Dorado Hills, a camper was rescued along a creek after getting trapped in a tree as floodwaters rose, a fire official told KCRA-TV.
To the south, the Santa Barbara airport closed Monday after as much as 10 inches of rain had fallen in the area by noon, covering the runways with water.
A winter storm warning remained in effect in the Lake Tahoe region, and accumulation could be 6 to 12 inches above 7,000 feet. The Central Sierra Snow Lab at Donner Pass recorded 10.2 inches of snow in the 24-hour period ending Monday morning.
Bay Area News Group and the Associated Press contributed to this report.