Accuweather Alert: Storm brings lightning, thunder and rain to Central California
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A late summer storm is blowing lightning, thunder and rain into Central California.
Chief Meteorologist Kevin Musso first spotted the storm starting around 3:30 pm using StormWarn30's high-resolution modeling.
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Right on cue, the rain started to fall in parts of Fresno just before 8 pm. Shortly after, lightning started to strike around the Central Valley, knocking off the power in a few locations.
The largest outage in the area is near Coarsegold, where PG&E estimated over 3,000 customers were without power as of 9:15 pm. Over 500 customers are also impacted in the Squaw Valley area.
In Clovis, nearly 1,000 customers were without power but it was restored.
The Thursday night storm caps off a week with several Accuweather Alert days and comes after a day with sweltering heat combined with abnormally high humidity.
Multiple high school football games throughout the Valley were suspended Thursday night due to the weather conditions.
