A strong trough moved along the northern California coast bringing heavy rain and strong wind to the San Francisco Bay Area and central coast. Localized flooding, damaging wind, downed trees and power lines, and minor debris flows all occurred during this last week of the year. More than 77,000 households and businesses lost power during this storm.

Strong Wind in NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS, CALIFORNIA
From 28-DEC-10 17:00:00 to 29-DEC-10 05:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 45.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong wind blew down a sixty-foot Pine tree which snagged a power line before crashing down onto a pickup truck on Midway Boulevard in Novato. The incident cut power to nearly 3,000 households. Other trees fell, with local power outages reported in San Anselmo, Fairfax, Corte Madera, San Rafael, Kentfield and Bolinas.

Strong Wind in EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS, CALIFORNIA
From 29-DEC-10 07:00:00 to 29-DEC-10 19:30:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 47.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong wind knocked down a power pole and transformer onto an Oakley house on Arminio Lane around 9:50 a.m. PST. Elsewhere in Oakley, a six-foot diameter eucalyptus tree was uprooted by the wind and fell onto the empty cab of a big-rig truck. As it was going down it clipped the side of a house in the 2400 block of Delta Road.

Strong Wind in SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
From 29-DEC-10 07:00:00 to 29-DEC-10 19:30:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 35.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Dozens of trees were knocked down in Sonoma County as strong wind combined with saturated soil. In particular, a man was injured and his vehicle severely damaged when a large tree and power lines fell onto his car shortly after 7:00 a.m. PST.

Strong Wind in SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST, CALIFORNIA
From 29-DEC-10 10:30:00 to 29-DEC-10 19:30:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 20.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong wind knocked over a large Monterey pine in the area of Josselyn Canyon Road and Wagon Wheel Drive. The tree fell around 6:00 p.m. PST and damaged a power pole. About 20 minutes later, another pine tree fell nearby on Twin Oaks Drive, landing on an unoccupied sport utility vehicle. Both pine trees were about 100 feet tall.

Strong Wind in SOUTHERN MONTEREY BAY AND BIG SUR COAST, CALIFORNIA
From 28-DEC-10 17:00:00 to 29-DEC-10 05:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 55.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong wind and saturated soil caused trees to be uprooted in portions of the northern Big Sur coast and near Monterey. In Carmel Highlands, a tree was blown onto a house causing some damage. In the Monterey area wind removed tree branches which severed power lines resulting in numerous power outages across the peninsula. In all, more than 10,600 customers lost power.

Strong Wind in NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
From 28-DEC-10 17:00:00 to 29-DEC-10 05:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 30.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong wind caused a double-trunked, 100 foot tall Oak tree to snap at its base and fall onto an occupied cabin-like tent near Mark West Springs. A seven-year-old girl and her grandmother were playing as the tree crashed to the ground resulting in the death of the 70-year-old woman. The girl was not physically injured.

Coastal Flood in SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST, CALIFORNIA
From 29-DEC-10 09:00:00 to 29-DEC-10 15:00:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Large waves pounded the central California coast causing chunks of the cliffs in Pacifica to fall into the ocean. The two, now vacant, apartment houses which had their foundation undermined last winter are now even closer to falling into the ocean as nature eats away at the cliffs supporting them. About one-third of the apartment buildings are unsupported and hanging over the cliffs.

Strong Wind in NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA
From 29-DEC-10 07:00:00 to 29-DEC-10 17:30:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong wind caused a large tree to topple onto power lines on the 600 block of Bonita Drive in Aptos around 3:00 p.m. PST.

Strong Wind in NORTHERN MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA
From 28-DEC-10 17:00:00 to 29-DEC-10 05:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Strong wind brought down trees and power lines in Santa Cruz resulting in closure of State Route 9 just south of Pacific Avenue. The highway was closed from approximately 5:48 p.m. to 10:19 p.m. PST.

High Wind in SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
From 28-DEC-10 17:00:00 to 29-DEC-10 05:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 50.00 MG
Property damage: 15.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: RAWS

Damaging wind brought a tree down onto State Route 9 causing its closure from one mile south to 2.9 miles south of the south Junction of State Route 236. The Highway was closed from 6:20 p.m. to 10:29 p.m. PST.

Debris Flow in SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE, CALIFORNIA
From 28-DEC-10 23:00:00 to 28-DEC-10 23:15:00 (PST-8)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Brief heavy rain on saturated soil caused a mud slide along State Route 1 in the Devil's Slide area. The road was closed from 6.7 miles north of Half Moon Bay to 2.3 miles south of Pacifica from 11:05 p.m. to 5:29 a.m. PST the next day.

Strong Wind in COASTAL NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE, CALIFORNIA
From 28-DEC-10 17:00:00 to 29-DEC-10 05:00:00 (PST-8)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong wind brought several trees down throughout Sonoma County with several falling across Highway 1 near Sea Ranch.