The National Weather Service reported Tuesday morning that 1,200 cloud-to-ground strikes and 5,800 in-cloud strikes hit the Bay Area Monday night. “You can see both,” says Scott Rowe, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Monterey. “Both are just as dangerous.” It started with strong wind gusts between 35 and 50 mph that roared through Monterey County and parts of the South Bay in
the early morning hours. Later in the day, temperatures climbed to the 90s in San Jose and the high 80s in San Francisco. Then came the rain, thunder, and lightning. The National Weather Service tweeted out that the Bay Area saw more than 800 lightning strikes and cloud flashes between noon and 5 p.m.
Rare lightning storm striked San Francisco Bay Area SFGate readers shared their home videos of the lightning storm that struck the San Francisco Bay Area on September 11, 2017. READ MORE
