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Rainy day causes power outages and flooding in western Nevada County.
The wind and rain has picked up through Tuesday morning, with some scattered power outages reported.
A high wind warning was in effect for the Sierra from 5 p.m. until 5 a.m. Wednesday.
A transformer fire was reported in front of the post office on Main and Bennett streets in Grass Valley just before 11 a.m., A downed tree in the 300 block of Clark Street hit several parked vehicles, but the extend of damage was not known.
At 5:11 a.m., a traffic accident involving two big rigs closed the right lane of eastbound I-80 just west of Soda Springs.
Just before 10 a.m., a tree limb was reported down and blocking the eastbound lane of Highway 20 near Five-Mile House. At 10:49 a.m., a tree was down and blocking Mt. Olive Road near Highway 174. That tree was cleared by 11:30 a.m.
At 12:10 p.m., power lines were reported down on North Bloomfield-Graniteville Road at Sugar Loaf Mountain Road. A tree on fire was reported blocking part of Willow Valley Road.
At 2 p.m., a vehicle was reported to have gone off the road at Lime Kiln Road, but no further information was available. Some flooding was being reported at Highway 49 and West McKnight Way.
A lot of power lines were reported down, but no serious accidents.
The heaviest precipitation will fall through today and into the evening, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall rates could exceed a half-inch per hour at times in the Sierra, while lower elevations could see a quarter-inch per hour.
The storm is expected to bring extremely strong wind gusts of 120 to 140 mph over the Sierra ridges through tonight, according to the weather service.
Wind blasts up to 40 mph and an expected 3 to 7 inches of precipitation is expected to continue rolling through western Nevada County through Wednesday.
Residents are urged to secure loose things on their property for a wind advisory that will be in effect from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. today. The possibility of downed trees, limbs and power lines is strong and power outages could occur.
Area residents should be prepared with flashlights and battery-driven radios and computers, should an outage occur.
The weather service is urging drivers to use caution, particularly those with tall vehicles vulnerable to the winds. The storm could make roadways slippery as well.
Minor flooding along small streams is possible and landslides could occur in wildfire burn areas, the weather service said.
After the major part of the storm moves through today, more showers are expected Wednesday and Wednesday night before skies clear again Thursday for a mostly sunny weekend.
A high wind warning was in effect for the Sierra from 5 p.m. until 5 a.m. Wednesday.
A transformer fire was reported in front of the post office on Main and Bennett streets in Grass Valley just before 11 a.m., A downed tree in the 300 block of Clark Street hit several parked vehicles, but the extend of damage was not known.
At 5:11 a.m., a traffic accident involving two big rigs closed the right lane of eastbound I-80 just west of Soda Springs.
Just before 10 a.m., a tree limb was reported down and blocking the eastbound lane of Highway 20 near Five-Mile House. At 10:49 a.m., a tree was down and blocking Mt. Olive Road near Highway 174. That tree was cleared by 11:30 a.m.
At 12:10 p.m., power lines were reported down on North Bloomfield-Graniteville Road at Sugar Loaf Mountain Road. A tree on fire was reported blocking part of Willow Valley Road.
At 2 p.m., a vehicle was reported to have gone off the road at Lime Kiln Road, but no further information was available. Some flooding was being reported at Highway 49 and West McKnight Way.
A lot of power lines were reported down, but no serious accidents.
The heaviest precipitation will fall through today and into the evening, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall rates could exceed a half-inch per hour at times in the Sierra, while lower elevations could see a quarter-inch per hour.
The storm is expected to bring extremely strong wind gusts of 120 to 140 mph over the Sierra ridges through tonight, according to the weather service.
Wind blasts up to 40 mph and an expected 3 to 7 inches of precipitation is expected to continue rolling through western Nevada County through Wednesday.
Residents are urged to secure loose things on their property for a wind advisory that will be in effect from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. today. The possibility of downed trees, limbs and power lines is strong and power outages could occur.
Area residents should be prepared with flashlights and battery-driven radios and computers, should an outage occur.
The weather service is urging drivers to use caution, particularly those with tall vehicles vulnerable to the winds. The storm could make roadways slippery as well.
Minor flooding along small streams is possible and landslides could occur in wildfire burn areas, the weather service said.
After the major part of the storm moves through today, more showers are expected Wednesday and Wednesday night before skies clear again Thursday for a mostly sunny weekend.
