The Bay Area is getting a one-day reprieve from the stormy weather this week and it appears that the skies will clear just in time for Christmas morning.
Light rain fell Tuesday morning around the Bay Area and the ongoing wet weather was exacerbating flood concerns. The National Weather Service said a flood advisory was issued for parts of Sonoma County until 1:15 p.m. Tuesday because of minor flooding in areas near Sonoma between Napa and Petaluma in south central Napa and Sonoma counties.
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The California Highway Patrol said flooding closed a stretch of State Route 121 in Sonoma County Tuesday morning between Eighth Street East and State Route 116, an area near Schellville.
High surf, coastal flood concerns
The main concerns Tuesday were the dangerous high surf and coastal flood conditions along the Northern California coast. Large waves of up to 35 feet were still expected on Tuesday after a day of treacherous high surf that battered the coast. The conditions were blamed for possibly three deaths Monday on the Santa Cruz County and Monterey County coastlines . The high surf also destroyed a portion of the Santa Cruz Wharf Monday.