According to the San Francisco Bay Area bureau of the National Weather Service, nearly 4,800 total lightning strikes were reported in the region between midnight and 5:30 a.m., which includes in-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning. The storm brought very little rain, with most areas only seeing .1 inch or less.
"Dry" thunderstorms rolled through the Central Valley and portions of the East Bay this morning. Most areas saw less than 0.10" inches of rain & there were a few fire starts. Here's an image showing ~5,000 lightning strikes (cloud to ground and in-cloud) through 530am. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/uvtzRsaxez
— NWS Bay Area ? (@NWSBayArea) September 2, 2025"Waking up to thunder and lightning this morning! This is the monsoonal moisture flowing north. Quite unusual to see this in the Valley this time of day / year," said CBS Sacramento Chief Meteorologist Nic Merianos.
Waking up to thunder and lightning this morning! This is the monsoonal moisture flowing north. Quite unusual to see this in the Valley this time of day / year. pic.twitter.com/pZO30yBgoo
— Nic Merianos (@NickMerianos) September 2, 2025Cal Fire crews are responding to several fires that have started in the Sierra Foothills on Tuesday, including the 2-2 and 2-3 fires near the community of Copperopolis, the Copper Fire burning in Amador County, the Rock Fire burning south of Folsom and the Sierra Fire burning in Placer County.
According to the weather service, thunderstorms remain possible through the early afternoon in the interior eastern portions of Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Benito and Monterey counties.
In the Sacramento area and Central Valley, a 10-30% chance of isolated thunderstorms continues Tuesday afternoon and evening, with thunderstorms remanining possible into the overnight hours. The highest chances of thunderstorms are in the mountains.
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