It was quite a heavenly spectacle of the early morning when a rare thunder went through the bay area. Take a look at the glowing photos and videos that the public made and posted on Twitter.
The warning of the red flag of the weather service, in effect until 11 a.m. for the San Francisco Bay Area, cited “wildfire increase near lightning due to lightning”, as well as a risk of rapid spread due to dry fuel and wind on the coast.
After the storms are over, the forecast calls for sunny and hot weather, with highs in the mid-1990s in San Jose and at 80 in San Francisco.
A secondary pulse of moisture and instability was expected from late Sunday until early Monday, the weather service said.
Woke up early in Redwood City and grabbed my camera. This was the 2nd photo I took. #CAwx #Lightening pic.twitter.com/go4gcVOQk1
– John B (@bolhuijo) August 16, 2020
Anotha ien#Lightening #BayArea #Oakland #ChickenToad pic.twitter.com/t1V1zdLcSR
– Jorge Ripstein (@FlashyTurnip) August 16, 2020
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A display of lightning over Mount San Bruno in Daly City as the Heavy Thunderstorm Warning Remains in the Bay Area! (I honestly do not think I have taken a better photo of lightning) #CAwx #CAstorms #true pic.twitter.com/PNT3m0IeVH
– Antonio Maffei (@AMaffeiWX) August 16, 2020
Anvil crawlers in the #SanFrancisco Bay region. #WeatheringWithYou #Sunday morning #California # lightning https://t.co/gVCwCIw9a9
– Blake Naftel (@BlakeNaftel) August 16, 2020
Even the Back of the Storm has a kick. # lightning #bayarea #bayareanws pic.twitter.com/6f4yLrZHNn
– Clinton St. Clair (@ cdog209) August 16, 2020
Lightning in Berkeley? Had to drive to the marina and film it, because I could not believe it was true … #berkeley #true # lightning #BayArea pic.twitter.com/HVgucVLtwM
– matt hartoch (@justmattduke) August 16, 2020
Mother nature to the Bay area #Lightening pic.twitter.com/prY7jFUKu0
– Christopher (@ItsJust_Chris_) August 16, 2020
Wake up today to this in the Bay Area # lightning pic.twitter.com/soFjXWTk4V
Snigdha Goyal @snigdha_goyal August 16, 2020
Another Saturday night mid-2020: leave bed and drive to San Leandro Marina at 3:30 a.m. as the biggest lightning storm I’ve ever seen in 18 years happens in the Bay Area. This photo does not do it justice. pic.twitter.com/voXBI66j4w
– Rae Alexandra (@Raemondjjjj) August 16, 2020
This was pretty close. Bay Area #Lightening pic.twitter.com/U6CjqM9TXc
– Grant McKinney (@grantwmckinney) August 16, 2020
At 6:20 in the morning from me # gopro8 #lighting #bayarea #Tunderstorms @ kron4news pic.twitter.com/x7UysG2EFv
– Sallie Arellano (@SallieArellano) August 16, 2020
We had thunderstorms last night and honestly until summer here in the bay area and from morning. There has not been as much lightning for as long as I can remember. pic.twitter.com/sfP3jScCZX
– Thom Hall (@skars) August 16, 2020
Happy shot of lightning from the massive summer storm.#Lightening #true #BayArea #eastbay #unioncity #fremont pic.twitter.com/PhfzhQcXvx
– Lyndie (@lyndie_chiou) August 16, 2020
Bay Area Lighting. @KTVU Taken from MTZ. pic.twitter.com/FBA4Vj6lSt
– Elissa (@eraemama) August 16, 2020
thought they were fireworks because this is san jose and I have never seen #Lightening like this #ShotoniPhone pic.twitter.com/2HfSh9ZJ8Q
– Rashi, only 6 ft away (@rashyeehaw) August 16, 2020
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