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23 inches, according to the weather service. In a 48-hour span ending Wednesday at 11 a.m., San Francisco had 1.03 inches, Oakland. In other reaches of the Bay Area, rainfall totals were lagging.
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While Venado was the wettest Bay Area location, several North Bay cities and towns recorded eye-popping 48-hour rainfall totals, including Santa Rosa at 8.73 inches, San Anselmo at 8.17 inches, Kentfield at 7.14 inches. Wednesday at 6 a.m., the streets of Guerneville were mostly quiet as the west end of the main street running through downtown Guerneville was starting to submerge. Emergency personnel were spotted on the town’s streets, and reinforcements were plowing through the water in huge rigs “You cannot get into or out of town,” the sheriff’s office wrote. The all-time record for the Russian River exceeding its banks is just three feet higher, at 49.5 feet, in 1986.īefore sunrise Wednesday, the Sonoma County Sheriff reported on Twitter that all roads leading to Guerneville are flooded. The last time the river rose that high was in January 1995. Wednesday night - 14 feet above its flood stage - a level that would rank as the worst flood there in 24 years. It is expected to crest at 46 feet between 9 p.m. Wednesday morning at 8 a.m., the Russian River surged to just over 42.52 feet, more than 10 feet above flood stage near Guerneville. Venado is located about seven miles northwest of Guerneville in Sonoma County.