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reporters across the region, with chief meteorologist, right here in the city with us, jeff ranieri. what's the update and timelines? >> that main strong front that moved through this afternoon,

that's now already pushing over the sierra, but we're still going to undergo these periods of moderate to heavy rainfall the next 24 hours. that's why we're really not in the clear for this storm system yet. rainfall totals, adding up over the santa cruz mountains the highest with 2 to 4 inches. santa rosa, 1.73. less for redwood city and san jose. the storm picked up so much speed this afternoon, that thankfully, it did limit the rainfall totals today, but the wind that is bringing down trees and making a dangerous tonight, up to 90 miles an hour in marin county, in the open airport, 59. i can see the wind, tomorrow morning, 20 to 40 miles per hour, and then tomorrow afternoon, that wind will start to calm down. and that takes us back to the better right now, where we are tracking moderate to heavy pockets of doppler radar, continuing to pick it up through phoenicia, oakland, walnut creek through the

how powerful winds were last night, gusts, the canopy, according to people who were here at the time, but we are also told that workers cleared the area already. they have the possibility. the awning was already slumping, and it was very windy. nobody ended up getting hurt, but half an hour later, scaffolding was sent along powerlines. is is at 24th and south around 5:00, from 30 to 50 miles an hour. knocked out power to thousands of people in the area. those people could not get it restored overnight. >> this is a great reminder, you don't need to be out driving

in this weather wherever you are in this storm system. please consider staying at home. >> you can see the audio, taking some hits from our reporter. that might be weather-related. she is in the thick of things in south san francisco, with the wind, as she said, and the rain at the station, where the canopy collapsed. >> i think it's safe to say, the damages everywhere tonight. we will take a look here, fallen trees, between san miguel and not broadway. you can see the workers cleaning up this debris there, and all three trees fell, blocking traffic for quite some time. it appears the road is going to be open again soon. >> we're going to be seeing dozens, if not hundreds of downed trees. this is an as written, a tree that came down onto a home. you can see some damage here. thankfully, no one was hurt,

but the homeowner tells us, there was water damage when the roof partially collapsed because of the tree. >> several trees came down in finish as well, damaging a business there. another fell on a car. crews were busy clearing debris from the roadway as well. high waters in martinez. this is arthur m pacheco, and you can see the entire intersection there is underwater. 911 operators in san francisco are being flooded with calls. the city is asking people to try to call 311 instead. the news services held a conference today and the mayor said, san francisco is under a flood warning. too many people, simply, are calling 911 for nonemergencies. >> 911 is extremely busy right now. please, again, we ask the public for storm -related issues that are not life safety, please use 311. that is the fastest way for us to get the information and to get your response to the effects of storms. >> if you can, 311, unless it's a real safety emergency. officials, asking people to stay at home if you can to limit the number of accidents and traffic.

north bay is being hit hard from the river to marin county. >> nbc bay area terry mcsweeney joins us live there. terry, you know so well that santos hello is a trouble spot with weather like this. >> reporter: yes. certainly. years ago, the entire downtown was inundated with floodwater. to this day, with a flood, checking out the creeks right through town. you can see, it is swirling, but it is nowhere near floor level. different story north of here, when we talk about what the family wants to know, if it's going to flood again at their house. they check out their community screens. the smith family keeps their eyes on computer screens to see how the creature doing and how much rain is falling while, at the same time, checking nbc bay area's website to see where the storm is right now. they caught a break in the storm tonight for about an hour,

with the storm potentially bringing mud to their street and into the garage. that has happened many times before. >> the street you drive in on will be a river. i'll have a garage full of water, flooding to cleanup, which is not terrible, but the mud that remains after the water subsides, it's not only dirty, but who knows what's in that mud. >> in sonoma county tonight, the russian river is rising. expected to crest over a flood stage tomorrow night and again, sunday. an evacuation warning has been issued, and some say, they have been through this before and they're ready for it. it was also a power outage in town tonight with people in the gas stations, filling their containers, keeping generators going. here, we got a downpour going on right now.

a few moments ago, we had a couple of huge gusts of wind. the storm is far from over. people, still keeping their eye on the creek that goes right through town. terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> an issue with an evacuation needed. >> also evacuation warnings tonight. you heard san jose police driving by creeks, telling people to move to higher ground. areas around the russian river are also being asked to leave, as well as a few community's nearside in danger of sliding down the hill. >> it's alarming to see the evacuation warnings, especially with police officers rolling through your neighborhood. late tonight, another warning in south san jose. ross creek may be overflowing. there are a lot of homes there in the dense area. >> alyssa gord is out there, lived for us this evening. ross creek, near cabernet and part alyssa, what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: well, audrey and raj, good news tonight is that,

so far, on cherry avenue, we have not seen flooding in the roadway here. we've been here for a couple of hours now. but what we have heard in the past hour is the winds pick up, and they've been howling over ross creek here. people who were in san jose got this alert on their phones, saying, overtopping was imminent and ross creek here, at cherry avenue. people were understandably shaken, given that alert the streets, though they're not flooded, the city crews are standing by with signs, seemingly ready to close the road if things get worse. we have seen a lot of neighbors around here. here's what a few of them said who pulled up to look at the creek. >> maybe another four or five hours it will start coming up. i'm sure these guys wouldn't be here, closing off the road, if they didn't think that was going well. >> i saw the water coming up.

>> reporter: and the city is asking residents to avoid the area of cherry avenue and jarvis avenue near ross creek, and not to drive into flooded roads. if they see them, the city has an emergency iq for the evacuation with the red cross. it's open 24 hours and located at the seven trees community center. so far, all the only people who were there were folks who were unhoused in the community, it is really open to anyone with no reservation required. this creek, here, back out at ross creek, it's continuing to move really quickly. you can see, based on the numbers, the marks on the side of the creek, it's actually moved down a couple notches. so, that's a good sign. the residents say, it's a welcome sight to see a little bit less water in this creek the last couple of hours. they hope that will continue overnight, but they plan to keep coming out here. some of them, even just to check and see how the water is looking at the storm front.

alyssa gord, nbc bay area news. >> alyssa, thank you. it's a fine line between what is coming up near the road and then when he goes over the road, which we saw it last weekend, east palo alto, very spots in the east bay in northbay. now, we're on the verge of it. so far, okay in south san jose. >> there is good doing okay so far. let's look at flights being impacted by the storm. as you can imagine, according to flight aware, san francisco had 349 delays today. 92 cancellations. san jose international had 90 delays and 14 cancellations oakland had 95 delays and 8 cancellations. thousands of passengers were either coming into the bay area or headed out. listen to the intensity of that rain. this is on mud pies with winds there, up to 65 miles an hour. we can't stress this enough. our nbc bay area app is a very

useful tool to have during the storm. we will tip you off before the storm and alerts for your neighborhood. >> the best part, you can see the doppler radar when is coming in with a four-hour loop the weather alert is until tomorrow morning. terry, the northbay, getting a lot of rain. alyssa, south bay, getting rained on. we start the newscast early tomorrow, full force, as the storm continues. join us for a special edition of the morning program, "today in the bay," at 4:00 a.m. our strong coverage continues and 60 seconds. still ahead, a daring rescue tonight caught on camera after a family becomes trapped in rising water. and we are not done yet. you can see right here, the mobile doppler radar, more rain coming down now. how many more storms are on the way, and a check of the russian river, coming up in about six minutes.

welcome back. take a look at this rescue in

contra costa county late tonight. a trucker stopped in high water when trying to get off the freeway there near rodale. the driver got out, with two young girls climbing onto the roof to scream for help. rescue crews finally arrived and used a letter to bring them down to safely. thankfully, nobody was hurt. thousands of kids, evacuated from a science camp before the brunt of the storm could hit. this is the scene at boulder creek as kids were herded onto the buses there. 200 kids were at the camp. everyone made it out safety. that is a good reminder to check, if you haven't already, but your kids' school district or for the campuses along the peninsula, especially the northbay, canceling classes tomorrow. >> yeah. a lot of changes. to the east bay now, were cleanup continues tonight. you can see, right there, the large tree, late this evening,

this is old corey road, camelback. drivers are being asked to avoid this area. napa county officials are sharing this video with us, showing workers shutting the floodgates of the napa river. this happened just before 5:00 tonight. they said, people who live in this area need to keep the gates secure. >> yeah. literally shutting the gates in the community. jeff rainier will be back with us now. we saw terry mcsweeney getting really hit in san anselmo. really, it kind of like for little, and then it's picking up again, like you said, could be often on. >> you got that, and that's just kind of the nature of what we're dealing with right now. you know, and we keep talking about the flood concern and sandbags, and everything you need to be thinking about here, because is not only the system tonight, but we are looking at several different storms over the next 7 to 10 days. again, dealing with the storm system we currently have here, moving through tonight and also tomorrow. then, as we head through this upcoming weekend, looks like an

additional storm heading into sunday and monday's forecast, and then potentially a third one as we roll into next monday and also tuesday. so, we're gonna have more details on that additional storm system in the 7-the forecast, but the other thing i wanted to go ahead and take it to with the way things have been taking shape is the russian river. if you live up in the area, this is the first time you're seeing this, we've got some big news for you. all you are used tough, of course, flooding up along the russian river, we do expect this to eventually go up towards moderate flood stage heading towards tomorrow, and then potentially major flood stage as we roll into this upcoming weekend. guys, we're going to have full details on that coming up in just a little bit tonight.>> thank you >> yup. still ahead, strong coverage continues in just a moment. a look to the sierra. how the storm is ringing dangerous rain to the mountains . >> and we have jimmy. hey,!

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welcome back. let's get back to our meteorologist, jeff rainier. jeff, you been keeping a close eye on the russian river all day, all night, because the next days are very crucial when it comes to possible flooding >> it's gonna get dicey here. you can see the data we want to bring. we just got the very latest update here. right now, 12.7 3 feet. we will see it go to flood stage tomorrow, 34 feet, and then a second rise by sunday, 39 feet, putting a close to the major flood stage into sunday's forecast with additional storm systems coming our way. with those other storms, as well, we remain under flood watch the entire bay area, that's because of the saturated ground.

again, even through tomorrow, need to watch out there any creeks, rivers and streams. let's go ahead and get a look at the rest of the forecast. we're going to take it into what's happening right now, on storm range. mobile doppler radar. you can see, the main storm front moving through earlier today, and we are now tracking moderate and some heavier rain pockets that are pushing through the bay area. so, as we zoom in for a closer look, what you can see here is, across the peninsula, this heavier rain continues to san leandro and hayward through the next 30 to 40 minutes. then, another batch here, berkeley and oakland, heading towards walnut creek into midnight. down here, towards the south bay, starting to pick up to san jose. heavy rain over the santa cruz mountains, also continuing your way through the next 40 minutes. so, overnight, what i'm seeing

right now is when we get into a break, 3:00 in the morning, we then get into heavy rainfall in the northbay to san francisco, down through the peninsula, and then as we head through the afternoon, rain, training over the santa cruz mountains in the south bay that could add up the totals pretty good. then, eventually, get some clearing here rolling through tomorrow evening. rainfall totals, right now, rolling through tomorrow's forecast, looks like the highs will be down here, in the south bay, totals, anywhere from 1 to maybe 2 plus inches. again, peninsula, redwood city, santa cruz mountains, san jose, fremont, more in the bull's-eye through tomorrow's forecast for not only that additional rental, but the snow. look at this next seven days. 43 inches in south lake tahoe. 70 inches in twin bridges. advised to head to the sierra

with this wind blow coming our way. we talk about additional storms. here's how i see it now. we get into a break on fridays forecast. then, by the evening, we'll see the drain into the bay. then, a third storm next monday and also tuesday. so, it keeps coming for us. when it comes to those totals from saturday through next wednesday, looking at an additional 2 to 4 inches for the lower elevations, mountains, 5 inches. this is an on-again off-again pattern that we will go through with each and every storm system. we wait, reassess, and then we move onto the next storm. >> already looking forward to friday for so many people. just dry out, assess the damage and get ready. >> we have a break then. >> thanks, jeff. >> the storms, creating a major roadblock for commuters on the central coast. meters on highway 1, as it's shut down with caltran blocking the road with metal barriers, in monterey county, and all the way down to ragged point. caltran says, this area is

vulnerable to flooding, as well as mud, rockslides, and as of right now, no estimated time for when the road will reopen. >> harsh weather in the sierra. take a look strong winds, in lake tahoe, wind gusts on the mountaintop, may go above 90 miles per hour, and heavier snowfall is expected tomorrow. when we return, we will do a quick update with 49ers and how it relates to the buffalo bills injury. also, the warriors tonight.

in the midst of the storm, the warriors played at home tonight. a lot of people braved the weather headed to chase center. >> if you chose to stay at home, though, and watch it on tv, we have a new member of the broadcasting. we say, hello, to who is that? steph curry, still injured, but trying to find a way to be useful warriors and pistons, fast-forward, final seconds of the game. klay thompson somehow gets open and hits the three-pointer to tie the game with one second remaining. look at the shot here. chase center went wild, thinking, we're going to overtime. but the pistons would respond.saddiq bey, at the buzzer. pistons win this game. could you believe it? 122-119. a rare home loss for the warriors.

football news now. buffalo bills player, demar hamlin, remains in critical condition after the cardiac arrest during "monday night football." this isn't just impacting the bills. this is a leak wide concern and a football-white concern. every nfl team and every nfl player is offered a counselor. today, the first time the niners returned to the practice field since the dramatic moment. players and coaches say, the biggest thing now is returning the focus back to the game of football. >> we need to focus on football. it's tough, but you know, all you can do is just pray about it, you know, and he will be okay. >> it is unfortunate. looking at the game different. obviously, that's how it is. >> it impacted players in the fence but the 49ers have the regular-season finale this sunday at levi against the cardinals. the liners, in the playoffs no matter what.

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okay. before we go, final words with

jeff rainier, what to expect the overnight hours. >> we see periods of on and off heavier rain moving through the bay area, even though we've got the strong storm front rim today through tomorrow. then, be called for more rain and even small hail and wind gusts. doesn't look as windy as today, but could still come in the morning, have winds to 20 to 40. then, wind, calming down by the afternoon. we get a break friday. but by friday night, saturday, that second storm arrives. rain, continuing into sunday. once we get a thursday, next monday and tuesday. so, we're looking at additional totals on saturday through wednesday that could be another 2 to 4 inches. >> that's so active. i can't think when we have gotten an active like this. thank yyou for jjoining us tonighght. mornrning show begins e early totomorrow, 44:00 a.m.. >> ssee you u then. er in n the of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jijimmy fallonon."