A powerful Christmas Day storm battered the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Coast with damaging winds, heavy rain and flash flooding, prompting multiple warnings and travel hazards across the region, forecasters said.
The National Weather Service said in its daily forecast discussion that the main band of rain moved east early Thursday, but the impacts were still unfolding as runoff flowed through urban areas and scattered showers continued. Severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings were issued overnight as intense rain and wind swept through the Bay Area.
Forecasters said the overnight and early morning storm is a precursor to what is expected to be the most impactful line of storms yet, with the Impacts expected to be felt by midnight Friday morning…