Overnight rain led to several crashes on wet roadways Thursday morning. CHP was busy with dozens of accidents and the worst of the storm isn’t here yet. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez has more.
Morning commuters were met with wet roads and several crashes Thursday morning as a winter storm brought San Diego the most significant rain the region has seen, so far, this season.
At least two of Thursday's early morning crashes involved big-rig trucks that lost control on area freeways, causing lane closures and traffic delays.
The CHP said an Amazon semi-truck slid across all lanes of northbound Interstate 15 in the Mission Valley area before it jackknifed and went down an embankment around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. The crash caused two lanes of traffic to be blocked, which have since been reopened.
Update: NB I-15 south of I-8, right lanes blocked due to traffic collision.
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Crews had to clean up Amazon packages that ended up scattered across the freeway. Hazardous materials crews were called early on to clean up oil and fuel from the crash.
Another Amazon semi also jackknifed around 3 a.m. on I-805 North at SR-54 in the South Bay, CHP said.
It crashed into the center divide and blocked the HOV and fast lanes. CHP said oil has spilled onto the road and cleanup crews were called.
Rainy weather was spread out in two rounds of rain over three days, NBC 7's Greg Bledsoe said. While there will be periods of heavy rain, San Diego is not expecting an all-day wash for any of the three days.
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The round that touches down Thursday afternoon and evening look like the best chance for heavier rain, meteorologists said.
"By Thursday into early Friday morning, we're going to get widespread moderate to heavy rain," NBC 7 Meteorologist Francella Perez said. "We're going to have some slick roads, dangerous driving conditions."
The storm was also the first of the season to prompt a flash flood warning.
The NWS issued the flood watch from 10 a.m. Thursday to 4 a.m. Friday for the coast, valleys and mountains due to the potential hazard from rain runoff causing rivers, low-lying and poor drainage areas to flood.
"An atmospheric river will generate moderate to heavy rainfall for this morning into early Friday with rainfall rates of 0.30-0.50 inch/hour for the coast and valleys. For the coastal slopes of the mountains rain rates of 0.50-0.75 inch/hour, locally up to 1 inch possible."
