Storm-Charged King Tides Flood Bay Area Foreshores
There’s no doubt that Saturday was wet, but in this instance it was not just the rain that caused mayhem, it was the addition of the king tide. The image below shows a marine warning that was issued by National Weather Service Bay Area.
Jeff Berman of the Tartan 4000 Maverick sent in this video of a barge that escaped its mooring and dragged up onto the frontage road near University Avenue in Berkeley during the king tide. Anything that goes aground during a king tide will be hard to get afloat!
NWS also shared a GIF of the weather system moving through the Bay Area.
📡Radar Update [9:40 AM] – Impressive cyclonic signature on radar moving across North Bay right now. This larger scale feature is what helped provide enough forcing to produce the rotation signature prompting the tornado warning @ 5:51 AM. **TORNADO THREAT HAS ENDED** #CAwx pic.twitter.com/GzHUh06F1V
— NWS Bay Area 🌉 (@NWSBayArea) December 14, 2024
Latitude racing editor, Christine Weaver took a couple of photos at the City of Rio Vista launch ramp at lunchtime on Friday.
Back in Sausalito, Woody Skoriak and John Arndt donned their foul weather gear to see how the town was faring. It wasn’t pretty.
How did your part of the Bay look on Saturday?
How did Richmond Yacht Club and the island next door hold up, and damage?
Stephen — Saturday morning was a pretty exciting at Richmond YC. With not much clearance left over the breakwater, spray was flying over the wall. Harbormaster Danny was running around like crazy keeping everything under control. At least one roller-furling jib was destroyed. The parking lot did not flood. There are some great videos on Facebook, if you’re into that and you can find them. Berkeley YC canceled their Midwinter race for Saturday on Friday night, but went ahead with Sunday’s race.
There was damage, downed trees and road flooding everywhere in West Marin. Some people were trapped in their homes by fallen trees and many are still without power.