Pleasanton Pelted With Hail, Thunder & Lightning

PLEASANTON, CA — Pleasanton woke up Tuesday to scattered hail, thunderstorms, and more fallen trees as rain continued to pour. City crews received several reports of trees that fell overnight or throughout Monday, but no injuries or major damage was reported, city spokesperson Heather Tiernan said.

Thunderstorms were reported throughout Monday night, followed by scattered lightning, thunder, hail and intermittent downpours throughout Tuesday morning.

No city roads are closed. Augustin Bernal Park, Centennial Trail, and the Arroyo Mocho Trail remain closed. Most East Bay Regional Parks, remained closed.

A number of streets in Alameda County remain closed, including Niles Canyon Road between Old Canyon Road and Main Street, Kilkare Road and Foothill Road.

As of Tuesday evening, rains have cleared, and gusty winds remain. For the first time in days, no weather watches, warnings, or advisories are in effect.

The rain is expected to resume Wednesday, with 0.44 inches predicted over eight hours, alongside gusts of 33 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 Pleasanton, 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 at the City’s Operations Services Department at 3333 Busch Road and at a new location at Ken Mercer Sports Park at 5800 Parkside Drive.

The Alameda County Public Works Agency also has sandbags available at their Maintenance and Operations Corporation Yard at 4825 Gleason Drive. Zone 7 Water Agency is also offering pre-filled sandbags at the Parkside Administrative Building on 5997 Parkside Drive.

For a full list of storm safety tips, local contacts, and closures, visit the city’s Storm Update page. See here for further resources, tips, and useful contact information.

To receive local emergency notifications, text your zip code to 888–777. For Alameda County notifications, sign up for AC Alerts here.

To report flooding, damage, or other hazards, call the Pleasanton Operation Services Department at 925-931-550 during business hours, 925-931-5100 after-hours, or email osd@cityofpleasantonca.gov.

To report downed power or electrical lines, contact PG&E at 1-800-743-5000.

— Patch editor Anna Schier contributed to this report.