Northern California Storm Protection: Jan. 16 at 8 a.m.

KCRA THREE NEWS AT EIGHT ON MY58. >> WE ARE AND LIVE LOOK AT SACRAMENTO AND HIGHWAY 89 AT SOUTH TAHOE CITY. ROADS ARE WET DOWN IN THE VALLEY AND SNOWY UP IN N THE SIERRA. JUST LIKE THAT SIGN SAYS CHAIN CONTROLS REMAIN IN EFFECT.

>> GOOD MONDAY MORNING TO YOU. BRITTANY: KCRA 3'S ERIN HEFT WILL BRING US MORE ON CONDITIONS IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY IN A MOMENT. BUT FIRST, KCRA 3'S TAMARA BERG TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE CONDITIONS. TAMARA: RIGHT NOW ALL EYES ON.

WHERE THE RAIN CONTINUES TO HIT IN THE HEART OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY AND EXTENDED. WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING A FEW ROUNDS OF HEAVIER DOWNPOURS INTO PARTS OF THE FOOTHILLS. JACKSON HIGHWAY INCLUDED IN THAT. RAIN HAS BEEN COMING DOWN.

STEADIER. DOWN HIGHWAY 49 IT IS ALL RAINFALL IN SAN ANDREAS. WE'LL HAVE TO GO FURTHER EAST TO HIT THE SNOW LINE. YOU CAN SEE THE BACK EDGE OF THIS RAIN FOLLOWING EXTENDING OVER TO LONDON. ALSO KEEPING AN EYE ON THE SNOW.

BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN LOWERING DOWN INTERSTATE 80 HIGHWAY 20. EAST OF COLFAX IS WHERE YOU DO FIND A MORE DEFINITIVE — AND IS RAIN IN COLFAX, BUT YOU FIND THE SNOW AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY UP THE HILL. HIGHWAY 108 INTO — WE HAVE REPORTS OF LATE SNOWFALL.

ACCUMULATING AND STICKING IN DOWNTOWN SONORA. I DO EXPECT HER TO BE RISING ABOVE 3000 FEET. AS YOU GET TOWARDS THE SUMMIT LEVEL, A FOOT OF SNOW AND SOME OF THE RESORTS FOR TODAY. FOR THE VALLEY, A BRIEF SHOWER IN THE AFTERNOON.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE DRY BREAKS LIKE THE RAINFALL WE HAD YESTERDAY. OVERNIGHT WE START TO CLEAR OUT AND THEN WE DRY OUT. WE HAVE BEEN SEEING FLOODING ON THE ROADS. WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT. BRANDI: THE RAIN IS CAUSING SOME.

AREAS TO FLOOD, MAKING IT RISKY FOR DRIVERS. BRITTANY: KCRA 3'S ERIN HEFT IS LIVE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY WITH THE LATEST LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS, ERIN? >> AND CLOSED OFF ROAD. IT IS DISABLING CARS. YOU CAN SEE OTHER CARS DRIVING.

THROUGH. I CANNOT IMAGINE BEING ONE OF THE DRIVERS IN THE DISABLED VEHICLES. THOSE TWO CARS SITTING HERE FOR HOURS. THAT TRUCK DRIVING THROUGH RIGHT THEY ARE, JUST PUTTING IN PERSPECTIVE HOW DEEP THIS WATER.

IS A. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST HOUR OR SO SINCE THE SUN ROSE. THIS IS NOT ADVISABLE. SOMEONE IS OPENING THE CAR DOOR. PEOPLE ARE IN THESE VEHICLES AND THERE ARE NO OFFICIALS ON SCENE, NO RESPONDERS.

TOW TRUCKS HAVE ACTUALLY COME TRY TO ADDRESS THESE TWO VEHICLES AND CAN'T GET THESE CARS ON TOW TRUCKS. IF YOU HAND DOWN TO THE STREETS, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN A CAR DRIVES THROUGH. LOOK AT THAT PICKUP. DO YOU SEE HOW DEEP THIS WATER.

IS? THIS TYPE OF DRIVING IS NOT WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND DISABLING THE OTHER CARS THAT ARE ON THE ROAD. IT IS QUITE SHOCKING TO ACTUALLY WATCH. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ALL MORNING.

WE ARE IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, BYRON HIGHWAY. WE ARE NORTH OF THE TRACY TRIANGLE. DRIVERS ARE RISKING A LOT BY DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS . I HAVE VIDEO TO SHOW YOU, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO SHOW YOU BECAUSE.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT ITT WAS SUPPOSED TO SHOW. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW DEEP THIS WATER IS. THIS IS A CLOSED ROADWAY. THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS ON EITHER END TELLING PEOPLE DO NOT ENTER AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO ENTER.

>> WE WILL TALK ABOUT RAIN TOTALS. >> IN ALLEN MENU — ALAMEDA COUNTY WE HAVE OVER AN INCH OF RAIN. ITIT CERTAINLY HAS TAKEN OVER SE ROADWAYS. AS THE LIGA SOME OF THE NUMBERS FROM THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THIS.

MORNING, THOSE DOWNPOURS WERE TREMENDOUS. MORE THAN A HALF OF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST BEFORE 7:00 LAST NIGHT. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LATE AFTERNOON STEADY RAIN WE STARTED TO PICK UP. THAT HAS A LOT OF RAIN IN A.

SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. — WAS A LOT OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. FARMINGTON, NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN. ABOUT A INCH OF A QUARTER IN MODESTO. WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HOW SATURATED WE ARE, ALL OF THE.

RAIN WE HAVE SEEN SINCE FRIDAY, WE HAVE SEEN MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN STOCKTON. A PROSPECTIVE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY. THE THREE INCHES IN LINCOLN. LOOK AT THE FOOTHILLS. ANYWHERE BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE.

FRIDAY. WE ARE DRENCHED. A LOT OF THE WATER IS COLLECTING. WE ARE NOT TO KEEP AN UPDATE. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. BACK TO YOU. >> RAIN, USED TO BE FLOODING — ALL OF THAT RAIN, IT CONTINUES.

TO BE FLOODING. TO THE SOUTH IS WHERE WE HAVE MOST OF THE PROBLEM. LATROBE ROAD AT OLD SACRAMENTO ROAD, THAT SECTION FLOLOODED. I-99 AT DILLARD, THEY CLOSED OFF THE OFFRAMP DUE TO FLOODING IN THAT LOCATION. AVOID THAT LOCATION.

AS WE HAD OVER FROM CITIES ROAD. , WE HAVE CLOSURES. IT JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE FLOODING WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IN THE AREA. HIGHWAY 88 CLOSED DUE TO A JACKKNIFED BIG RIG. THEY DO HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON THE LEFT BOUND SIDE FOLKS ARE.

GETTING THROUGH AND TRYING TO GET THERE OWN ENVIRONMENT. A LOT OF BIG RIGS THAT ARE STUCK. THEY DO NOT NO ONE THING THAT OUT THERE. ROSEVILLE DOWN TO THE SPLIT, NINE MINUTES. UP IN THE SIERRA THEY ARE.

TURNING TRAFFIC AROUND. INTERSTATE 80 IS OPEN RIGHT NOW. HIGHWAY 80 IS CLOSED. RIGHT NOW, HIGHWAY 80 THE ONLY OPEN HIGHWAY OVER THE SIERRA. >> OTHER AREAS ARE FILLING THE IMPACT OF THE FLOODING AND THE RAIN. >> KCRA 3S LETICIA ORDAZ JOINS.

US LIVE IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY WHERE THE WEATHER IS CAUSING SOME ISSUES ON ROADWAYS. >> THE RAIN IS FINALLY LETTING UP. FLOODING PROBLEMS PERSIST HERE. THE WATER IS STARTING TO R RESED A BIT. SIX THIS MORNING GOT STUFF FOR.

THE REST. HAROLD FIRE DEPARTMENT. TRAFFIC STARTED SO NO ONE ELSE GETS STUCK. PEOPLE WERE CALLING 911 SAYING THEY WERE STUCK IN MY THREE FEET OF WATER IN THE CARS GOING UNDERWATER. ONE OF THE GOOD SAMARITANS UP.

RESCUING ONE OF THE DRIVERS AND BROUGHT THEM TO SAFETY. THEY FIRE CAPTAIN ON HIS WAY TO WORK, HE SAYS HE WENT TO THE LEAD WATER TO RESCUE A SECOND DRIVER WHO GOT STUCK. HE HAS A MESSAGE FOR DRIVERS WHO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH STANDING WATER.

>> DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODWATERS. >> WHAT COULD HAPPEN? >> YOU COULD DIE. I THOUGHT WE PROVED THAT IN MANY YEARS, BUT PEOPLE STILL DRIVE THROUGH THEM. >> FIRE OFFICIALS SAYS THEY HAVE DOZENS OF RESCUE SINCE THE START.

OF THE YEAR. THEY URGE EVERYONE TO BE SAFE. AS FAR AS WHEN IT WILL BE OPEN, IT COULD BE HOURS. THE CHP IS ON STANDBY KEEPING PEOPLE FROM GOING THROUGH. OR THEY CAN STILL GO TO COLUMNS EVEN IF THEY ARE UP. THEY ARE MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS.

SAFE THIS MORNING. >> WHEN DRIVER IS SELECTED TO BE ALIVE AFTER HE DROVE UNDER A BRIDGE AND GOT STUCK IN THE FLOOD WATERS. YOU CAN SEE THE CAR COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN WATER. THE MAN WAS ABLE TO CALL FOR HELP ABOUT 4:15.

FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO GET HIM OUT OF THE CAR AND TO SAFETY BY 4:30. FIRE CREWS SAY THEY'VE HAD TO RESCUE DOZENS OF PEOPLE THIS MONTH. THEIR MESSAGE THIS MORNING, TURN AROUND IF YOU SEE STANDING WATER.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW DEEP IT IS AND YOU COULD DROWN. >> AN EVACUATION ORDER HAS BEEN LIFTED IN PART OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY.. THESE ORDERS WERE ISSUED FOR WILTON SATURDAY. >> RIGHT NOW, CAL OES SAYS WILTON HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN.

EVACUATION WARNING. RANCHO MURIETA AND HERALD ARE STILL UNDER A WARNING. IF YOU LIVE IN ANY OF THE IMPACTED AREAS AN EVACUATION , SHELTER IS LOCATED AT THE CHABOLLA CENTER. THAT'S ON CHABOLLA AVENUE IN GALT.

>> PARTS OF STANISLAUS COUNTY ARE STILL UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS THIS MORNING. THIS MAP SHOWS THE AREAS THAT ARE UNDER THE ORDER. IT IS THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER, IN RURAL PATTERSON AND GRAYSON. NOW TO WEATHER-RELATED ROAD.

CLOSURES. CALAVERAS COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS NO MAJOR ROADS CLOSED. FOR VALLEY SPRINGS, THE COUNTY'S FACEBOOK LISTS THE FOLLOWING ROADS AS OPEN RIGHT NOW, LIME CREEK, HIGHWAY 26 HOGAN. TO VISTA DEL LAGO. HOGAN DAM HIGHWAY 26 TO NEW.

HOGAN. VISTA DEL LAGO HIGHWAY 26. AND SAINT ANDREWS HIGHWAY 26. FOR SAN ANDREAS, OLD GULCH ROAD, FRICOT ROAD, AND CALAVERITAS ROAD ARE ALL OPEN AS WELL. >> IN STANISLAUS COUNTY. SOME ROAD CLOSURES ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.

PATTERSON POLICE SAY THERE ARE TWO CLOSURES, THAT RESIDENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. THE FIRST ONE IS ON VINEYARD AVENUE, FROM CONDIT AVENUE TO LOQUAT. THE SECOND ONE IS ON DEL PUERTO CANYON ROAD, FROM DIABLO GRANDE TO COUNTY LINE.

THERE ARE CLOSURES IN PLACE, IN EL DORADO COUNTY AS WELL. LATROBE ROAD NEAR THROTTLE ROAD IN EL DORALDO COUNTY IS CLOSED. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. THIS WAS SHOT OVER THE WEEKEND. YOU CAN SEE THE ROAD IS WASHED OUT DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HIT THE AREA.

CHP SAYS THERE IS NO ESTIMATED TIME ON WHEN THE ROAD WILL BE REOPENED OR REPAIRED.

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