MONTEREY – Flood advisories were in place across the Bay Area as a significant storm moved through the region Monday night, according to the National Weather Service.
All of Alameda, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties and most of Contra Costa and southern San Mateo counties were under advisories, the weather service said, adding that they included the cities of Antioch, Concord, Oakland, San Jose, San Mateo and Watsonville.
Minor road and low-lying area flooding was expected.
In eastern Alameda and Contra Costa counties, an advisory was slated to run through 10:15 p.m. Advisories were also in place through 10 p.m. in southern and southeastern Alameda County and in eastern, southern and western Santa Clara County.
Northwestern Alameda and western Contra Costa counties were under an advisory until 9:45 p.m.; western Alameda, central Contra Costa, southwestern Santa Clara and eastern Santa Cruz counties until 9:30 p.m.; western Santa Cruz County until 9:15 p.m.; and southern San Mateo and northwestern Santa Clara counties until 9 p.m.
An advisory for southwestern Alameda County ran through 8 p.m. and an advisory for the city of San Francisco and northern San Mateo County ran through 6:45 p.m.
The storm was expected to deliver half an inch to 1 inch of rain to most Bay Area cities, with up to 2 inches in the Santa Cruz Mountains, according to the weather service.
Forecasters said skies should begin to clear by mid-morning Tuesday as the system moves east. Sunny weather will follow for much of Northern California through the rest of the week.
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