Flooding causes road closures, evacuation warnings in Vacaville

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Vacaville Public Works employees clear debris as they open a storm drain to ease the flooding at the intersection of Tulare Drive and Southwood Drive Monday. Following an evening of heavy rains roadways in the surrounding neighborhoods flooded causing Solano County to issue an evacuation warning. The roadway was reopened to traffic shortly before 11 a.m. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)

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Storm waters fill Alamo Creek as it rushes underneath the Tulare Drive Bridge in Vacaville, California Monday, January 9, 2023. As of 9:30 a.m. the creek level measured just below 12 feet. The bottom of the bridge is 14 feet. The levels of the creek had dropped back to normal levels Monday afternoon. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)

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A resident drives to the flooded intersection of Tulare Dr. and Brookdale Drive Monday, January 9, 2023, as the flood waters begin to recede in the neighborhood. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)

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Residents of Brookdale Drive in Vacaville stand in their driveways Monday as they wait for flood waters to recede. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)

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Alamo Creek nearly overflows its banks as storm waters rush downstream Monday morning near the Tulare Bridge in Vacaville. Creek levels neared the bottom of the bridge early Monday morning but had receded to normal levels in the afternoon. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)

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Two young boys watch as the water of Alamo Creek churns downstream past the Tulare Bridge in Vacaville Monday following the heavy weekend rain storms. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)

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John Jaquint (left) and Suzanne Niemiec of Vacaville fill sandbags at Irene Larson Park Monday. The couple live in an apartment on Brookdale Drive and were concerned about the rising water of Alamo Creek that backs up to their complex after the heavy rain early Monday morning. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)

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A great egret takes advantage of the high water level in Alamo Creek to hunt for a morning meal Monday near the Peabody Bridge in Vacaville. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)

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A minivan drives through standing water on Cement Hill Road Monday in Fairfield. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)

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Barren grapevines are reflected in a flooded vineyard along Mankas Corner Road Monday, January 9, 2023 in Fairfield, California. The heavy rain from the weekend saturated the vineyard and agricultural fields with the runoff flooding roadways. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)

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A roadway sign warns drivers of the flooded conditions on Suisun Valley Road Monday in Fairfield. The heavy rain from the weekend saturated the surrounding vineyard and agricultural fields with the runoff flooding roadways. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)

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A pickup truck drives through the flooded roadway on Suisun Valley Road in Fairfield Monday. The heavy rain from the weekend saturated the vineyard and agricultural fields with the runoff flooding roadways. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter)