Dublin Pelted With Hail, Thunder & Lightning

DUBLIN, CA — Dublin woke up Tuesday to scattered hail, thunderstorms, and more fallen trees as rain continued to pour. Thunderstorms were reported throughout Monday night, followed by scattered lightning, thunder, hail and intermittent downpours throughout Tuesday morning.

City crews shared the most recent information on fallen trees and flooding:

1. Tree down at Fallon Road and Turnberry Drive. Tree removed and roadway and sidewalk cleared.
2. Tree down on the Fallon Road median at Cydonia Ct. Tree removed.
3. Branches down at the following locations (all cleared);
1. Dublin Blvd. at Silvergate Dr.
2. 7926 Fall Creek Rd.
3. 7212 San Ramon Rd.
4. Stagecoach Rd. at Amador Valley Blvd.

1. Flooding overnight (1/9 – 1/10):
1. Amador Valley Blvd. at Starward Drive – resolved
2. Fallon Road at Gleason Drive - resolved

All city trails, and most East Bay Regional Parks, remained closed.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the rain cleared in Dublin, and gusty winds remained. For the first time in days, no weather watches, warnings, or advisories are in effect.

The rain is expected to resume Wednesday, with 0.57 inches predicted over eight hours, alongside gusts of 32 mph.

Still, the worst of the storm is expected to shift northward Wednesday. A total of 3-7 inches of precipitation is expected to fall across California over the rest of the week. Two-day rainfall totals as of 4 a.m. Tuesday neared 17 inches in parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, according to the National Weather Service.

In Dublin, Thursday is expected to be warm and sunny, although more rain is expected Friday through Monday.

PG&E reported two outages affecting 73 people each in Danville and San Ramon earlier Tuesday. At 9 a.m. PG&E reported that 52,911 out of its 93,743 local outages were in the South Bay.

The worst of the storm continued to fall along the Central Coast. Tens of thousands of California residents were evacuated in Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz counties.

The recent series of storms, which had killed 14 people as of Monday and saw a 5-year-old swept away by floodwaters in San Luis Obispo County, forced the evacuation of nearly 10,000 people in Santa Barbara County and about 32,000 in Santa Cruz County, according to the Associated Press.

Near Montecito, about 400 people and 70 horses were trapped Tuesday at the Rancho Oso RV & Camping Resort by an impassible amount of mud and debris, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.

In Santa Cruz County, where the Associated Press reported that homes were recorded via drone sitting in muddy brown water, evacuation orders had been lifted in many areas by late Monday, according to county officials, while certain zones remained in an evacuation warning.

At least 14 people have died in connection with the storms since New Year’s Eve, according to AccuWeather. The most recent bout of severe weather saw a woman killed when water overtook her vehicle in Avila Beach, NBC News reported. A 5-year-old boy was swept away by floodwaters Monday in San Luis Obispo County, according to AccuWeather, which reported that as of late Monday, only the child’s shoe had been found.

SANDBAGS AND CONTACTS

Sandbags are available to all Dublin residents at the City of Dublin Corporation Yard at 5709 Scarlett Court. Residents are asked to bring their own shovels, and limit the number of bags to 10 or fewer. Bags are also available at the Alameda County Public Works Agency’s Maintenance and Operations Corporation Yard at 4825 Gleason Drive.

The city said it plans to replenish its sand supply and does not expect to run out. The city said residents can assume sand is available unless they are told otherwise.Dublin residents can refer to the following numbers:

• • Flooding or downed trees: Dublin Police at (925) 462-1212
  • Power outage: Pacific Gas and Electric Company at (800) 743-5002
  • Damaged power lines/electrical equipment: 911

  Residents can sign up for city emergency alerts here. Residents can also follow the city’s Facebook and Twitter pages, or through Nixle alerts by texting 94568 to 888-777.For a full list of storm preparation tips, see here.

— Patch editor Anna Schier contributed to this report.