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Rain pummels Bay Area: How long the storm conditions will continue
Heavy rain has arrived across the Bay Area. Rosemary Orozco explains how long the storm conditions will stick around and what to expect on the roads this week.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Several weather advisories are in effect across the Bay Area as the coldest storm of the season brings heavy rain, thunder and lightning across the region.
Storm conditions made for a messy commute Tuesday morning with potholes on the San Mateo Bridge, road closures in Pleasanton and downed trees in San Francisco.
Storm conditions will stick around much of this week, with a slight break Thursday and Friday, according to KTVU meteorologist Rosemary Orozco.
As of noon on Tuesday, the following advisories are in effect in parts of the Bay Area:
Cold Weather Advisory
- Where: North Bay interior valleys, North Bay interior mountains and Southern Salinas Valley and southern mountsins
- When: Wednesday from midnight to 9 a.m.
Coastal Flood Advisory
- Where: San Francisco Bay and Monterey Bay coastlines
- When: Sunday through Tuesday
Winter Weather Advisory
- Where: Santa Lucia Mountains and mountains in San Benito and eastern Santa Clara counties.
- When: Monterey and San Benito counties: Until 4 p.m. Wednesday
- Santa Clara County: 6 a.m. Tuesday to 4 p.m. Wednesday
RELATED: Bay Area storm timeline: Coldest system of the season sweeps through
Bay Area Weather Live Updates
Follow along below for live updates as storm conditions persist in the Bay Area.
Feb. 17, 2026
4 p.m.
Part of Palomares Road near Hayward is temporarily blocked Tuesday afternoon because of a rockslide at mile marker 9.15. The CHP says large boulders are stuck in the road, and there is no estimated time for removal.
3:50 p.m.
Bands of light, moderate and heavy rain continue to sweep across the Santa Cruz mountains and surrounding areas Tuesday afternoon.
A swarm of PG&E contractors were working to remove trees that had fallen on power lines in the Central Coast region.
PG&E officials say gusty winds throughout the day downed lines and impacted service for at least 2,000 customers, from Watsonville to Santa Cruz.
In the outage areas, PG&E says service restoration is dependent on the amount of damage and ease of accessibility to damaged sites.
2:45 p.m.
A total of 5,749 PG&E customers in the Bay Area are without power Tuesday afternoon, the utility confirmed. Here's the break down by region:
San Francisco
474 customers
Peninsula
129 customers
East Bay
480 customers
South Bay
3,535 customers
North Bay
1,131 customers
12 p.m.
The no. 4 lane on Eastbound I-580, east of Grand Avenue in Oakland, is partially flooded. The CHP is warning drivers to proceed with caution.
11:55 a.m.
In the North Bay, lightning brought down a tree at Woodside West School, a pre-school in Santa Rosa. Video from the Santa Rosa Fire Department shows scattered tree limbs and branches surrounding a school building.
Santa Rosa Fire Chief Paul Lowenthal says just after 5 a.m. there were a number of lightning strikes in Santa Rosa.
No one was at the pre-school at that time of the strikes, though the roof and windows were damaged. The school remained closed for the day.
Another nearby school, Helen Lehman Elementary School, was also closed Tuesday because of a power outage caused by the storm.
Officials say a power pole outside the school was struck by lightning.
11:30 a.m.
An estimated 500 lightning strikes have occurred in the Bay Area today, KTVU meteorologist Rosemary Orozco said.
10:21 a.m.
Sunol Road in Pleasanton at Happy Valley Road is closed in both directions, according to the CHP.
The Source: KTVU meteorologists, National Weather Services, other public safety agencies around the Bay Area.