We continue to deal with the rain from the atmospheric river, The National Weather Service has lifted the flood watch for coastal and inland Mendocino County but it remains in place in Northern and Southern Lake County. Flood Warnings remain in effect until early tomorrow morning for the Russian River at Hopland and the Navarro River at Navarro.
Some roads are closed in Mendocino County. Among them–Rt 128 at Rt 1 to for about 12 miles to east of Flynn Creek Rd, and in Hopland, 175 is blocked between Rt 1 and McDowell Street. There are also reports of flooding on 175 at Whispering Pines and a landslide on Morgan Valley Rd in Lower Lake. Other landslides have been reported all morning but no roads are reported as closed. CalTrans and local law enforcement say those slides are a possibility at any time so you should be careful if you have to drive this afternoon. CHP also says conditions could become hazardous at a moment’s notice so, as always, never drive into standing water. Even if there is no barricade the water level can be deeper than you think and roads may have washed out under the surface.
PG&E reports about 4,300 customers without power, while there are just a handful of outages in Lake County.
Several schools and after-school activities were canceled today, Leggett Valley Unified School District-Mendocino High School, Mendocino K-8 School Pacific Community Charter School, Point Arena Schools, and Round Valley Unified School.
Rainfall totals have been impressive. According to the National Weather Service, the last two days set daily rainfall records in Ukiah–3.27 inches Tuesday and another 3.66 inches Wednesday. Other high totals include more than 10 inches at Lake Pillsbury and near the small town of Honeydew in Humboldt County, reports say almost 17 inches of rain has poured down since Monday and other higher elevations estimated up to two feet in just 24 hours.
