The first major storm of the season hit last night, and streets
began flooding after close to an inch of rain fell on Morgan Hill.
And, and the storm won’t let up until late this evening.
The first major storm of the season hit last night, and streets began flooding after close to an inch of rain fell on Morgan Hill. And, and the storm won’t let up until late this evening.
Starting about 6 a.m. today, about 2,600 Morgan Hill residents experienced a short power outage, according to Matt Nauman of PG&E. Power was restored by 7:10 a.m., after crews from the electricity company repaired the storm-related disruptions, and at 10:45 a.m. exactly eight customers throughout South County were powerless.
Police and Morgan Hill Public Works responded to numerous areas where local roads were flooding by 10:30 a.m. A flood control canal just west of Monterey Road, near Watsonville Road was almost completely full, according to a police dispatch operator. The area surrounding the intersection of Calle Enrique and La Crosse Drive was “completely flooded.” Railroad Drive was flooded at Tennant Avenue. Only Bisceglia Avenue south of Dunne Avenue and east of Monterey, was closed about 10:30 a.m. due to the flooding.
Flooding was also reported at Monterey Road and Burnett Avenue, Main and Del Monte avenues, Tennant Avenue at Murphy Avenue, Claremont Court and Claremont Drive, and on the 1000 block of West Edmundson Avenue. The areas around Monterey at both Tilton and Burnett avenues also saw minor flooding.
A tree limb was down at Vista del Valle and at the Nordstrom well in the westbound lane at Dunne Avenue.
Public works crews were dispatched to areas where flooding threatened traffic and structures, including on Monterey Road in front of Trail Dust Barbecue and Glory Days Bar & Grill.
About a half-inch of rain fell on west Morgan Hill by 8 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to local resident and weather observer Chris Henry.
And the storm won’t start winding down until about midnight, according to Diana Henderson of the National Weather Service.
The NWS reported wind gusts of 56 miles per hour atop Mt. Hamilton northeast of Morgan Hill, and gusts of about 22 miles per hour in San Martin.
The season’s first storm that will hover over the entire Bay Area until Tuesday night has dropped more than three inches of rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains, according to Henderson. At least another inch of rain is expected in Morgan Hill before the storm dies down, based on forecasts.
Wednesday’s forecast portends “breezy” conditions with scattered showers, with sunny skies returning by Thursday, Henderson said.
Throughout PG&E’s entire service area, which extends from Eureka to Bakersfield, about 121,000 customers have been out of power for varying lengths of time since the storm began Monday night, Nauman reported. As of 9:45 a.m. Tuesday about 56,000 customers were still without power.
