Wow! Talk about lightning. The storm we had this evening had more lightning than I've ever seen. It was flash after flash after flash, just like a giant strobe light, with continuous thunder for at least four hours. I checked the Southwest Lightning page and my mouth fell open. The entire southern and eastern portions of the Valley of the Sun were being inundated with lightning. The red dots reflect lightning that has occurred in the last 10 minutes. I think you could say we got hammered!
This video shows a small portion of what we experienced. If you pause the video at just the right spot, you can see just how bright the lightning was. It lit up my front porch like it was the middle of the day.
Whoa!!! Hold the phone! I thought the storm was over when I sat down to add this post, but it just started up again in earnest. I think we're in for a wild night! Here's another lightning flash count. The storm has converged into a ball over the Phoenix metro area. Amazing!
