Lightning strikes san francisco bay bridge

Several blazes broke out amid wet conditions Sunday morning. Red flag warnings for heat, wind gusts of up to 75 miles an hour and dry lightning remained in effect for much of Northern California. Paige Austin , Patch Staff. Replies Numerous lightning strikes early Sunday sparked brush fires throughout the region. Lightning tears through the sky above the bay. Mark Vihtelic. Find out what's happening in San Francisco with free, real-time updates from Patch.

Let's go! We have had an honest to goodness summer thunderstorm here in the bay area overnight and this morning. There hasn't been this much lightning for as long as I can remember. Lucky shot of the lightning from the massive summer storm.

Lightning thunderstorm BayArea eastbay unioncity fremont pic. Bay Area lightening. News Weather. Photos and video: Lightning strikes the Bay Area in dazzling weather display Thunderstorms cause power outages and spark fires.

Show Caption. By Jane Tyska jtyska bayareanewsgroup. Report an error Policies and Standards Contact Us. More in Weather. As the storms continue to push to the East and out of our area, we have decided to end the Red Flag Warning. CAwx pic. The storm activity across the Bay Area waned before sunrise Friday.

Measurable rain was reported in San Francisco Friday morning. The downtown gauge recorded 0. It's the first time the city has seen rain in September since and the first time it has seen rain on Sept. San Francisco 0. For any day in September, the last time there was measurable rain in SF was 0. The storm activity came amid red flag warnings for much of the Bay Area due to dry lightning strikes. Roger Gass of the National Weather Service said that the storms have started to diminish in the North Bay, but they are now moving across the East Bay.

But, he said, "The threat is starting to wind down. We are watching quite a lightning show here in the East Bay. Napa CA monsoon weather lightning cawx pic. Several passing showers have also been reported. There are no reports of any fires at this time in Santa Rosa.

NWSBayArea pic. There were multiple reports of lightning and scattered showers across the North Bay on Thursday evening. A few strikes were also reported in the South Bay.