Sf Bay Area Lightning Storm

Lightning forks over the san francisco oakland bay bridge as a storm passes over oakland calif sunday aug.

Sf bay area lightning storm.

The national weather service on sunday extended a red flag fire warning for the entire bay area until 11 a m. 3 of 3 a rare lightning storm crackles over mitchell s cove in santa cruz california around 3 a m. On sunday and continuing for 48 hours. According to cal fire there weremany fires sparked by lightning strikes.

The national weather service late friday morning issued a fire weather watch for the entire san francisco bay area and the central coast starting at 11 a m. The severe storm system rolled through the san francisco and. And the storm caused power outages as. Lightning strikes that lit up the early morning sky over san francisco bay area ignited wildfires and left tens of thousands without power sunday in the san francisco bay area.

Monday for the san francisco bay area cited increase in wildfire starts in proximity to thunderstorms due to lightning as well as. The weather service s red flag warning in effect until 11 a m. After a spectacular lightning show lit up the bay area sunday a second round of thunderstorms is in the forecast today as the atmosphere remains unstable and a tropical storm off baja california. San francisco cbs sf a rare august severe storm system rolled through the san francisco bay area early sunday packing a combination of dry lightning and high winds that triggered wildfires throughout the region.

This best of video shows lightning streaking across the skies around the bay area.