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Flood in San Mateo County, California
Flood December 14, 2024 · San Mateo County, California
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Northbound US Highway 101 was flooded at the Willow Road offramp.
The wider storm
An intense storm system came through the Bay Area and Central Coast through the night of Friday December 13 into Saturday December 14 as a cold front combined with a developing low pressure system off the California coast, causing numerous weather impacts throughout the region. Among the notable impacts from the system, a confirmed EF1 tornado touched down in Scotts Valley, the first recorded tornado warning in San Francisco received significant public and media attention, strong gusts associated with a squall line caused multiple weather impacts across the region, and most of the city of Monterey and the surrounding cities of Seaside and Marina lost power on Saturday morning and did not get it back until the following Sunday afternoon and evening.
Began near East Palo Alto (37.4689, -122.1549).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1229339. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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