Weather Service issues flood advisory

Thee National Weather Service has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for Coastal San Mateo county over the next few hours.

...An urban and small stream flood advisory has been issued until 3 pm for coastal sections of San Mateo…Santa Cruz…And Monterey counties…Including the coastal hills.

At 11 am Doppler radar and satellite imagery was indicating enhanced precipitation with convective cloud development about 50 miles offshore from Santa Cruz.  This area of development is moving eastward and will impact the central coast over the next few hours. As the precipitation reaches the coast expect occasional rainfall rates of 0.5 To 0.75 Inches per hour. This will cause local flooding of urban areas and smaller streams are expected to show a marked rise in the heavier rain areas.  Also…The area of development is building to the west and this will be watched for possible thunderstorm development.

Motorists should be prepared for occasional heavy downpours and allow extra time for travel in localized hazardous driving conditions. As this situation develops this advisory will be updated if conditions become worse than expected