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"A flash flood advisory issued for Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties has expired.VIDEO: Saturday forecastThe advisory was issued by the National Weather Service after a storm system formed a spiral over the Pacific Ocean as it charged directly at the Central Coast. The storm's full force arrived Friday morning with nearly 1 inch of rain pouring down every hour and a threat of thunderstorms.At the north end of Monterey Bay, a stretch of the oceanfront drive in Santa Cruz was shut down Saturday after a large sinkhole appeared in a cliff, opening the roof of a cave where homeless people have lived. Authorities said public works was investigating.NWS officials said the Big Sur coast was at the highest risk of experiencing mudslides and landslides because the area was hit by a 4.4-magnitude earthquake Thursday and a 900-acre wildfire in December.\"Of particular concern is the Pfeiffer Fire burn scar and the Sycamore Canyon within the burn scar perimeter,\" the NWS said. \"Excessive rainfall may have a higher likelihood of producing debris flows and slides.\"\"A magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred south of the Pfeiffer Area on the San Simeon Fault offshore ... immediately west of the burn scar,\" the NWS said.PHOTOS: Friday storm downpoursThis made the land around Big Sur in Los Padres National Forest even more unstable and vulnerable to slides. A rockslide happened Wednesday night that caused Highway 1 south of Big Sur near Post Mile 42 to be blocked. Highway 1 was reopened by CalTrans crews eight hours later.The largest waves pounded beaches that face west and southwest on Friday. Wave sets ranged between 10 to 20 feet. Rip currents were also strong on Friday because storms push sand on the ocean floor around.ALERTS: Sign up for KSBW weather and news alertsFlooded streets in the Pajaro Dunes neighborhood caused a mail truck to become stuck. Winds whipping at 40 mph made things wet and wild up in the Santa Cruz mountains and a 60-foot tall tree toppled over Jarvis Drive in Scotts Valley.A lightning bolt struck a 36-year-old man who was found unconscious just after 11 a.m. He was taken to a hospital in Fresno and doctors found an entry wound near his left arm and exit wounds on his feet.\u00A0Up in Squaw Valley near Lake Tahoe, 22 inches of snow fell between Wednesday and Friday. Another foot of snow is forecast to powder the highest elevations Saturday.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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