Redwood city and san jose nearly a half inch of rainfall. Coming up in weather, well talk about when the next rain chance is as this heavy rainfall ends coming up in a few minutes. By midafternoon the storm had its sights set directly on san jose. Our len ramirez picks up our coverage. Reporter for families commuting southbound on oil 87 through downtown, they may not be getting home until late because traffic is at a standstill. Its been this way all afternoon ever since this very strong storm hit early this afternoon. The intense downpour seemed to catch everyone by surprise including drivers along the southbound lanes of highway 87 fire that downtown san jose. Debris led to snarled traffic all afternoon after lanes were blocked. Storm drains clogged with leaves were a problem for palo alto. Cars splashed through the water and people in the streets had to sidestep 3 puddles stepped right through. It was deep and wet. Reporter others ran for cover not expecting so much water to fall i