MONTEREY – The first wave in an atmospheric river storm knocked out power to thousands of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers and triggered widespread flood advisories Wednesday night across the San Francisco Bay Area and Central California.
As of 10:30 p.m., there were 189 outages with about 7,500 customers affected, according to PG&E’s website.
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The National Weather Service issued flood advisories for Sonoma County through 10:45 p.m., Marin County until 11 p.m. and San Francisco through 11:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Advisories were also issued for the East Bay, South Bay, Peninsula and Santa Cruz County until 3 a.m. and Monterey County through 3:15 a.m. on Thursday.
The entire Bay Area, meanwhile, remained under a flood watch through 4 a.m. Friday.
The Pittsburg Center BART station was closed for just under an hour after it lost power around 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, according to a BART spokesperson. Trains continued to run between the Antioch and Pittsburg-Bay Point stations during the shutdown.
Around 7 p.m., the Redwood City Police Department reported signal outages at multiple intersections. Motorists were advised to treat affected intersections as four-way stops.
Both directions of San Bruno Avenue at Huntington Avenue in San Bruno were closed Wednesday evening due to flooding, according to the San Bruno Police Department.
Roadway flooding was also reported at the Santa Clara Street and San Carlos Street off-ramps in San Jose.
The forecast called for the storm to drop up to 3 inches of rain in San Francisco, 2 inches in parts of Contra Costa County, and 1.5 inches in San Jose and Livermore.
Sustained winds of at least 35 mph were also forecast for inland, low-lying parts of the Bay Area.
As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, 24-hour precipitation totals included .29 inches in downtown San Francisco, .20 inches at the Oakland Museum and .01 inches at the San Jose International Airport, according to the weather service. Kentfield in Marin County was among the wettest locations, with. .85 inches recorded in that period.
A break in the rain is expected Thursday. The weather service said scattered showers will fall throughout the Bay Area ahead of light rain on Friday and Saturday.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
