ALLEY.
ALLEY. >>> WHAT A SHOW.
SEVERE WEATHER TEARS THROUGH
WESTERN WASHINGTON, FLOODING
ROADS AND DIVERTING FLIGHTS,
CUTTING POWER TO THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE LAST NIGHT.
HUGE BOLTS OF LIGHTNING LIT UP
THE SKY, SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT
SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COUNTED MORE THAN 200
LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE
SEATTLE AREA JUST IN ONE HOUR
AND MORE THAN 1200 ACROSS
WESTERN WASHINGTON OVER THE
COURSE OF THE EVENING.
WE
WE HAVE
WE HAVE BEEN GETTING SOME GREAT PICTURES AND VIDEO FROM YOU.
HERE IS A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
AROUND THE SOUND.
A BIG LIGHT SHOW AT HUSKY
STADIUM.
STADIUM.
STADIUM. FOOTBALL FANS TOOK COVER FROM
THE RAIN AND WAITED NEARLY 2
HOURS FOR THE GAME TO RESTART.
SOME FANS DECIDED TO HEAD HOME
DURING THE WEATHER DELAY.
CINDY ORT JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE
HER PHONE OUT AS THIS BOLT OF
LIGHTNING FLASHED OVER THE
MONTLAKE BRIDGE.
MONTLAKE BRIDGE. THAT IS THE SOUND OF THE
THUNDER RUMBLING THROUGH
TACOMA.
TACOMA.
TACOMA. THE STORM IS BLAMED FOR CAUSING
SEVERAL SMALL FIRES.
ONE FIRE CUT POWER TO HUNDREDS
OF HOMES IN THE AREA.
THE SURPRISE STORM FORCED THE
MUKILTEO FESTIVAL TO CLOSE
EARLY.
EARLY.
EARLY. COURTNEY FREDRICKSON SAW THIS
AS SHE TOOK THE MUKILTEO TO
CLINTON FERRY HOME.
JUSTIN SIMMONS SENT US THESE
PICTURES FROM FIRST AVENUE IN
DOWNTOWN KENT AND SAID THE
LIGHTNING THERE WAS TERRIFYING.
BUT, IT WAS THE HEAVY RAIN THAT
CAUSED THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
AROUND THE PUGET SOUND AREA.
A WATER MAIN BREAK IN WEST
SEATTLE FLOODED PART OF LINCOLN
PARK.
PARK. IN
PARK. IN IN NORTH SEATTLE, THE RAIN WASHED OUT A BIG STRETCH
OF
OF NORTH
OF NORTH GATEWAY AND WALKED OUT POWER AT SEVERAL
INTERSECTIONS.
INTERSECTIONS. SOME PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE
THROUGH THE STANDING WATER
ONLY TO END UP HAVING TO PUSH
THEIR VEHICLES BACK TO
DRYLAND.
DRYLAND.
DRYLAND. KENT POLICE TWEETED OUT THIS
VIDEO WITH A WARNING TO
DRIVERS TO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADS. THEY SAY WHEN
THEY TRY TO BLOCK OFF THE
ROAD, IT IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.
>>> HERE IS A LIVE LOOK AT
SEATAC AIRPORT.
SEATAC AIRPORT. YOU CAN MAKE IT DOWN THROUGH
THE RAINDROP ON THE CAMERA
LENS.
LENS.
LENS. LAST NIGHT'S LIGHTNING STORM
DELAYED OR DIVERTED SEVERAL
DOZEN FLIGHTS.
DOZEN FLIGHTS. FLIGHTS WERE DIVERTED TO
PORTLAND, BELLINGHAM, SPOKANE,
AND YAKIMA.
AND YAKIMA. IF YOU ARE PICKING UP SOMEONE
AT THE AIRPORT THIS MORNING,
MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE FLIGHT
STATUS BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
IT COULD BE A RIPPLE EFFECT
FROM LAST NIGHT.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. I'M CAM JOHNSON FILLING IN FOR
AMITY ADDRISI WHO IS ON
VACATION.
VACATION.
VACATION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
JORDAN WILKERSON , IT WAS
SOMETHING LAST NIGHT.
>> WE WERE EXPECTING THE
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
WE WILL ADMIT WE DID NOT
EXPECT IT TO BE THAT INTENSE.
I AM GLAD EVERYONE IS OKAY.
WE DO HAVE A THREAT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
WE ARE LOOKING INTO THIS.
WE
WE ARE
WE ARE NOT EXPECTING A REPEAT OF LAST NIGHT.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS A RADAR
IMAGE OF LAST NIGHT.
LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE LIGHTNING
STRIKES.
STRIKES.
STRIKES. 200 WITHIN ONE HOUR. IT
DEFINITELY PACKED A PUNCH.
TODAY WE ARE EXPECTING SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. WE COULD SEE A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS. IT SHOULD NOT BE AS INTENSE.
NOTICE A LOT OF YOU ARE DRY AT
THE MOMENT WERE DEALING WITH
LIGHT DRIZZLE.
LIGHT DRIZZLE. YOU WILL GET A COUPLE OF BREAKS
HERE AND THERE.
THIS IS A LOOK AT THE RAIN
TOTALS FOR TODAY IN TERMS OF
ACCUMULATION AND IT IS NOT
LOOKING TO BE QUITE AS INTENSE
AS YESTERDAY.
AS YESTERDAY. SEATAC AIRPORT ALONE SAW HALF
OF AN INCH.
THIS IS A MONTH WHERE WE DO
START TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE
RAINFALL.
RAINFALL.
RAINFALL. WE ARE EXPECTING SOME TODAY BUT
IT SHOULD NOT BE QUITE AS HEAVY
IN TERMS OF THE ACCUMULATION.
SPEAKING OF THE STORMS, THE
STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PUT
OUT THERE PREDICTION FROM WHERE
THEY EXPECT THEM TO POP UP
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. YOU CAN SEE PARTS OF THE COAST
AND MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS ALL OF
EASTERN WASHINGTON.
EASTERN WASHINGTON. JUST BE WEATHER AWARE TODAY AND
WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN
YOUR FULL FORECAST COMING UP.
>> IT IS SO COOL HOW MANY OF
YOU SENT US PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
OF THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
IT IS SO GREAT TO SEE THESE
FROM ALL OVER THE AREA SO WE
CAN SHOW EVERYONE ELSE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THEM THAT WE
ARE SHARING RIGHT NOW.
DANNY SHARES THIS VIDEO OF A
LIGHTNING STRIKE ACROSS THE SKY
IN SEATTLE.
IN SEATTLE. CALEB SHOWS US WHAT IT WAS
LOOKING LIKE IN EVERETT. THESE
ARE SOME GREAT PICTURES.
SIGMA SHOWS US SEVERAL
LIGHTNING BOLTS ON THE SEATTLE
SKYLINE.
SKYLINE.
SKYLINE. THE BIGGEST IMPACT OF THE
THUNDER -- WELL, ONE OF THE
BIGGEST IMPACTS, WAS ONE 65,000
HUSKY FANS HAD TO SEEK SHELTER
AND THEN WHILE THEY WERE DOING
SO, POWER CUT OUT.
OF COURSE IT ENDED IN A LOSS
FOR THE HUSKIES.
THAT WAS TOO BAD.