California sees thousands of lightning strikes during spring storm
Californians could see thousands more lightning strikes as more thunderstorms are expected throughout the weekend. The NWS advises people, if "thunder roars, go indoors."
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Californians could see thousands more lightning strikes as more thunderstorms are expected throughout the weekend. The NWS advises people, if "thunder roars, go indoors."
Lightning struck a redwood tree in Santa Rosa on Tuesday, shattering it into pieces and damaging the preschool where the tree stood, forcing it to shut down. Brad Hamilton reports.
The second in a series of Northern California storms was moving through the Bay Area and Central Coast on Tuesday, bringing rain, gusty winds, lightning, local snow, and much colder temperatures through midweek.
Early morning lightning strikes on Tuesday led to two schools in Santa Rosa closing down for the day, including at one site where lightning obliterated a large tree.
Lightning strikes on Tuesday morning forced two schools in Santa Rosa to close for the day, including one where lightning obliterated a large tree.
A weather system brought lightning to parts of the Bay Area and Central Coast early Thursday morning, with one lightning strike sparking a house fire in the East Bay.
A home in Brentwood caught on fire early Thursday morning as an overnight lightning storm lit up the Bay Area skies.
A home in Brentwood caught on fire early Thursday morning as an overnight lightning storm lit up the Bay Area skies.
One day after much of the Bay Area dealt with unseasonably hot temperatures, a weather system passing through the region brings showers and the possibility of dry lightning Wednesday, forecasters said.
Unseasonably hot weather was baking parts of the Bay Area for a third consecutive day on Wednesday, raising fire weather concerns ahead of a major change in conditions, forecasters said.
Above normal temperatures will be felt across the Bay Area for several days this week, with the hot weather giving way to increasing chances of thunderstorms and the possibility of lightning-sparked fires, forecasters said.
Thunderstorms rolled through parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and California's Central Valley early Tuesday morning, leading to thousands of lightning strikes and sparking several fires.
The National Weather Service issued a lightning advisory for overnight Monday into Tuesday.
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