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DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 07:08 AM Aug 2020

Severe thunderstorm warning for the Bay Area???

Just woke up to hear a lot of trees with rustling leaves, and now saw this at 400am Pacific: severe thunderstorm warning from the National Weather Service for the entire Bay Area right now!

Highly unusual at this time of the year.

The National Weather Service in The San Francisco Bay Area has issued
a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Marin County in northern California...
Alameda County in northern California...
San Mateo County in northern California...
Santa Cruz County in northern California...
Eastern Sonoma County in northern California...
Contra Costa County in northern California...
San Francisco County in northern California...
Santa Clara County in northern California...
Northwestern Monterey County in central California...
Napa County in northern California...

* Until 515 AM PDT.

* At 351 AM PDT, a line of training severe thunderstorms were
located over the San Francisco Peninsula, Santa Cruz mountains,
and Monterey Bay, moving north at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Erratic gusty outflow winds up to 60mph. Frequent
lightning which may lead to wildfire starts.
SOURCE...Public.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Wildfire
starts from the lightning. Power outages from the wind.

* Locations impacted include...
Entire San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Cruz Area, Monterey Bay coast.
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
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DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
6. And now our puppy has come into the bedroom, as she's terrified!
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 07:40 AM
Aug 2020

Sorry for the stream-of-consciousness posting, but this is surreal to say the least.

When I went to sleep last night, we had a heatwave, and it was hot as hell. Now it's thundering, lightening, and raining!

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