https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/03/09/bay-area-storm-atmospheric-river-set-to-arrive-thursday-afternoon-heavy-rainfall-expected/ > A strong atmospheric river storm system rapidly approached the Bay Area Thursday morning, sending agencies into a frenzy as a three-day long flood watch issued by the National Weather Service was set to go into effect at 1 p.m. > Thursday’s storm, expected to peak in the afternoon through Friday morning, was forecast to bring the Bay Area’s wettest conditions since early January, when a series of nine atmospheric river systems ravaged parts of the region with historic amounts of rainfall and wind.