Tree was found on the woman and they rushed her to the hospital where she died. First responders said she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was just a kind of a plain tree that was about six inches, seven inches in diameter that again just everything lined up with the wind and fell over. No one else was hurt in the incident. We are getting other reports though of downed trees tonight. Abc 7 news was in oakland where a tree toppled on to the southbound lanes around 4 00 this afternoon and nobody was hurt and with can he expect more scenes like this. Lisa argen is tracking the timing of the approaching heavy downpours. Lisa . Thats right, eric. It hasnt hit us yet. We just had a couple of showers earlier, from. 2 to. 8 and here is live doppler 7 right now and we have very little activity but we have had some flooding in the San Joaquin Valley and check out the rain from the south. Monterey, big sur, this is what is heading our way. Channel islands and Santa Barbara looking at
Toss where water is rising. First, lets look at the latest store models in the weather center. We are under weather watch on kpix 5. Radar is lit up recording 12 inches of rain and even heavier amounts around the coastal area. All of this is moving in and out so quickly and there is moderate rainfall along the occidental area. It is connecting up with 121. Meanwhile, the east bay, lots of showers and moderate rainfall down to the street level. You have been seen a lot of the rain shadow effect where you have been deprived of the rain due to the Santa Cruz Mountains. You are filling in nicely fell nicely now with rainfall. Santa cruz is been pounded overnight and this morning. Mudslides due to the flooding. A break around the peninsula at this time. Although the rain just moved out of the marina green area and north beach as well. Chinatown has pretty heavy rain drops on your roof areas. There was even a thunderstorm about an hour ago. All of this is lifting north and east and there is
Expected. Lets bring in first alert chief meteorologist glen hurricane schwartz. Glenn . This is expanding the area and newest guidance minutes ago. Expanding the first alert through just about all of new jersey and delaware except for the northern portion of new castlen dx county where wil mi is, for example. its a long lasting event compared the last night. Heavy snow, 6 inches plus at the coast and dangerous travel at times. You can see the area of snow moving up through virginia, solid area of snow so once it starts its going to be a steady snow for many hours. 4 00 to 8 00 a. M. , at the shore inland, 8 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. , heaviest snow at the shore. Thats good number of hours. Inland toward the middle of the day and then moves offshore 3 00 to 6 00. As we go hour by hour by 6 00 a. M. You can see it already starting to spread inland. By 8 00 a. M. , it could be snowing even as far inland as philadelphia with the heaviest snow again in new jersey and delaware. The same bas
We have reporters down the shore in delaware and philadelphia. And routine coverage in the studio with meteorologist crystal klei. Lets begin with the timing and track of the storm. We have a lot to talk about. Its a system, as you mentioned, it will affect each neighborhood differently. Were under a first alert for new jersey and delaware. Aside from northern New Castle County. We extended it from yesterday because the system looks like it has, as we were worried about, tracking to track a little farther north. And the northern spread of snow is a big one. So were looking at higher snow totals through a larger portion of our viewing area. Starting this morning and lasting throughout 7 00 this evening. Were under a first alert. Not all of us will see the snow the entire period. Well break down the time frames in a second. Were expecting heavy snow amounts totals 7 inches and above along the coast points. Delaware beaches and jersey shore. 4 to 6 does push inland for parts of new jersey
Rosemary, we called it first alert yesterday during the 11 00 a. M. Newscast. We can tell the system is going to start pack a punch as it tracked our direction. Now weve extended the length and locations of the first alert. New jersey and delaware. Were talking our whole viewing area for the new jersey and delaware zones, aside from northern new castle county. Were leaving out pennsylvania locations but for new jersey, sore jersey, the shore under your first alert. From now to 7 00 were tracking a system that is going to, in some spots, bring 7 inches or more. Specifically thatll be your Coastal Points. Especially for those delaware beaches. Thats where were looking at some computer mott models giving us a couple of degrees above the inch mark. Were looking at high accumulations possible by the end of it. It leads to dangerous travel. Today a first alert day and the look shows why. Look at the amount of snow sitting to the south. And the storm center is well to the south, as well. Its