Wednesday night saw rain, thunder, and plenty of lightning in the Greater Palm Springs area.
The storm brought of a decent amount of rain to some areas (1.1 inches in Sky Valley, .60 inches in Thousand Palms, .35 in Cathedral City) and a ton of lightning:
Monsoon thunderstorms produced 723 lightning strikes across Southern California Wednesday! #cawx pic.twitter.com/Wwk4GFrP6d
— NWS San Diego (@NWSSanDiego) August 3, 2017
The lightning storm knocked out the 911 system in Palm Springs for several hours.
Palm Springs 911 phone lines are down call 760-770-0300 to report an emergency.
— Palm Springs PD (@PalmSpringsPD) August 3, 2017
Palm Springs 911 has been restored.
— Palm Springs PD (@PalmSpringsPD) August 3, 2017
Here are some videos of the storm – would love to see more. Add your pics and videos in the comments.
@NWSSanDiego Palm Desert Thursday
Got a lot of photos and 3 good videos pic.twitter.com/R9nvKfRJSq— Eric's??? (@EricVonHaden1) August 3, 2017
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXU9DfVgw1e/?taken-at=214702257
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXU0nT4DljZ/?taken-by=shaneshousestudios
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXUu3Jlhsq8/?tagged=coachellavalley