. in nbc bay area news begins with the microclimate weather. >> good morning, this is a special early edition of "today in the bay." i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we're on the air early this morning because there's a lot you need to know to keep you safe during this treacherous storm. >> many schools in the area are preemptively closing because of flash flieds and high wind warnings. >> all day long, we'll be updating the ticker at the bottom of your screen so stay

tuned for that information. >> we have a lot of rain moving in right now. but this system has stayed right where it is just about all night long and now we're really starting to get the heavy stuff. as you can see, showers haven't even really made it past the golden gate bridge just yet. everybody keeps writing me on twitter "when is this storm going to hit"? you just wait. over the next couple of hours it going to get very heavy. they have received up there over 3 inches. your sustained winds in san jose, 27 miles per hour, half moon bay, 37 miles per hour sustained, we're getting gusts to 50. just like we told you yesterday,

this is the time, this is when it's going to start to get active for us south of the north bay. it's been very isolated up until this point. let's check your drive. a lot of debris on the road, mike. >> we're getting reports of some smaller issues, maybe rocks running on the highway and also some trees down. a friend on twitter -- over here the bay bridge, it's wider than i told you about. we're showing the trembling because of the wind gusting through the area. you look at the green on your map. north bay, upper east shore, rain all over the place. we'll see the change from green to blue. we're looking at eastbound 80

where there is a tree down in sunol. a truck that was involved has been removed. we're looking at the wind. that's the yellowish highlighting there. south bay along the coast, looks like. >> also we're hearing reports of flooding, rock slides and downed power lines all morning in the north bay. >> that's where we sent "today in the bay"'s stephanie chuang. i see you've already got your hat on. >> reporter: good morning. just a few moments ago, the wind blew the hat off my head. we're here at 101 and lakeville highway. this area is known to be prone

to flooding. we're keeping an eye out here where you see the on-and-off ramp here. warren county's brand new emergency operations center meantime will be put to its first test. on a normal night we're talking about seven dispatchers manning the phone lines there but for the storms that been more than doubled to 16. >> there's a lot of events that have happened in the past where counties haven't had the luxury of having a modern system like this. we're pretty good in that enough to put fire crews to work as they use their chaen saws to remove the debris. back here again you can see the

rain is coming down. we expect this to continue formany hours, according to our weather center there has been more than an inch of rain, 1.07 inches since just 6:00 last night. >> some scary scene there is with flashing sparks on power lines. >> stephanie is in the north bay. the storm hasn't reached the south bay just yet but we're already seeing its impact. kris sanchez is live. >> reporter: we came upon this tree just as we were leaving our station here. you can see half of the tree is down across two lanes of traffic across and one of the city works are is now putting caution tape

around there. my photographer, allen, did get in there. he said he sees on it is a good reminder that if you can park farther away from trees, you probably can do that. if you trees on your property, i don't know if you'll bit them down before they tn this means where the roots maybe have kind of separated and pulled up from the ground because that means that tree could be in danger of fa fall. the rains have picked up this morning and as the rains come in, the ground will be saturated

as well so a lot of concern about the trees and not just the trees but the people who park nearby, live under them, walk by. so be careful, keep your eyes up as you. >> we know the trees when they come down, they often bring you power lines as well prp people on the opinion owes of. >> the main time, pacifica

police closed the nfrm and they need to close the road. >> laura mentioned this, hundreds of school across the bay area closed this morning because of just the threat of the serious rain and wind. more districts in the north bay,ies bay and peninsula have cancelled classes for the entire day been san jose unified is not cancelling classes and they say the learning will continue, even if there are power outages. travel is expected to be slow at best today at bay area airports and that's if you're one of the if you're departing or arriving

right now, you'll probably be okay. >> and everyone is advised to call ahead on your fat so zbt. >> we hit that atmospheric river tap. that dhangs the green, anyway friends, in orange frng thanks for waking up with us this morning. we're here to guide you through

this thunderstorm. is prng prfrm you just saw kris sanchez out there and it just started for us. we haven't had rain cast justice department. when. the camera is shaking quite a bit and it's not too high off of the roadway considering the mountains and hills throughout oakland as well. the hilltops should get caught with some good, but let lk map

and getting on to highway 24 will be another issue. >> after the break, our storm coverage continues. what i need to know before you hit the road in this weather. >> and the farm is

. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and sam. you're looking at the 2,000 pound eucalyptus tree that came down just past sunol valley road. it happened at about 3:00 this morning. we're waiting for caltrans. the e.t. oonchts is it will be

cut down in two to three hours. the back of the big rig was carrying 7,000 of waste water. collided with part of this yes in and it looks like the damage on the truck is very minimal at best. as chp was pointing out, this is the eastbound direction, it prks in the west bround p bound issues, there prks this might not have an impact on the commute direction. but it does show you just how windy it is getting up here. we don't have enough rain yet

but we are feeling the wind and it already taken down with a cph this is. reporting live, bob redell, change change. >> some student are out of class today. they're not the only one. several tech employees have told their pli oo are of bulles that take do i.

zwrfrm snfrm. i have to say this is an eventually that's going to take place and impact most your lives from the second of the day. the ring is already starting up but this has been lated to wynn county and i have to tell you, it started raining as of 6:00 p.m. yesterday. we're getting some of the heaviest rain storm tlut for and it going sfwlonch also, down in hayward, we're about 15 minutes away from why the lights.

anthony, as you know, this thing is going to be very acute when it comes to the wind and even just standing up a a had. >> the thing that i want to bring your attention to is this is one of those elements that you can't see. you can see me standing on the bridge. when you're driving on the bridges, you can't see the wind coming your way that's going to hit you. keep both hands on the wheel as you drive out and stay alert, not only to wore yarts yars.

the ducks iryou can get hit from the left real quick and then the one-two punch comes from the other side. we'll be out here pointing lunch are up to about 35 mooims and 30 as had move in because another in the if the part it just yet. >> and where will it be in the next would you mean of hours when it really start to thenen? right now we have a sustained wind speed of 26 miles an hour. we were getting gusts to 50 mooild through your ain'tan pat. the day the wind is going to relax butt rain is going to

intensify. let me show you your future cast and what you can expect. i stopped that clock at 8 clack temperature intechbl zbhrchl. then i moved you forward to 4:00 as people are starting to make their way home, leaching the office, still heavy rain approximately. sfrchlt i take you into 7:00 and you can see showers start to lighten up a little bit at that point but we're still getting that rainfall. this is when we're really going to be concerned about flooding potential. we're talking about 7 to 8 hours straight of moderate to hippie iniran i stopped that clock for

you, friday at 4:00 a.m. austeritying to light ying but still another bare coming up. >> sflrnl. >> >> reporter: we spoke with one woman yesterday who said she got the store's last pair shy figure fee pchlk we also called also a big zwrum in roon. fochl well, study head h tracking the truly hi novg

nuvgs. >> the camera is stirring things up. we'll talk about the wet wind, the weather and the road and the can hes be peacekeeper. .

>> the numbers were far lower. in berkeley police called it mostly peaceful with no arrests. by the time the protesters marched through oakland, police say it got a little more rowdy. there were some closures and arrests downtown. >> pink slips may be on the way for ebay. they are considering laying off about 3,000 of its employees. sources say the layoffs are still being discussed and not

yet set in stone. e bay is not commenting on the report. >> there could be challenges ahead on the very wind and rain-heavy morning. can find trees, barn kls. >> good morning. we'll watch for barn kls, sam. i'm sure chp has an entry for that as well. we're looking over on the speckled screen over here. you can see the rain falling down on to the roadway -- actually, the lenz right now. let's look at your map. we had a few strong wind one of the bigger chorj thwe do have sfrshlg and of course you're hitting highway 4.

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strongest storms to hit the area in years and it's not going to let up soon. >> for the first time in memory, many of schools are closed because of flash flood and high wind warnings throughout the area. >> let's get to meteorologist christina loren, who has obviously been very busy the last 48 hours getting ready for the storm. >> hey, 48 hours? i've been watching this storm since last week. i have to tell you, though, it's not disappointing in what it's bringing. you might be that iing, hey, it's not even raining where i am. >> that's one of the components of this system that makes it a slow roller. it going to slow raul utility