- Elizabeth Larson
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Weekend storm brings lightning, some flooding; more rain in forecast this week
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A weekend storm brought rain, hail, thunder and lightning strikes to parts of Lake County, with forecasters predicting chances of more rain and thunderstorms in the first half of the week.
The storm began Saturday, with the Lakeport area getting some heavy rain, which drenched participants in the annual Relay for Life at Clear Lake High School.
Then, late Sunday afternoon, thunder and lightning began rolling through the county.
At around 6:20 p.m., lightning struck a house in the 3000 block of Oak Crest Drive in Clearlake Park, according to radio reports and neighbors.
Scott Patterson reported that the initial strike on the house “was followed in quick succession by several additional strikes,” with the house suffering damage – including having the roof and all windows blown out or off the structure.
He said other homes in the area suffered minor damage and all wired electrical and telecommunications were disabled, but there were no injuries to people or animals.
The strikes also resulted in a transformer fire and power outage, according to radio reports and the Pacific Gas and Electric outage center.
The Kelseyville area got hit by a flurry of hail and rain on Sunday.
Kelseyville resident Clelia Baur reported extremely heavy hail on Mt. Konocti and a lot of thunder starting at around 5 p.m. She said torrents of mud streamed down Riviera West Drive toward Clear Lake.
The Sunday storm also resulted in flooding, rock and mud slides and fallen trees on Soda Bay Road, with county roads crews dispatched to clear roadways, according to radio reports and the California Highway Patrol.
Twenty-four hour rainfall totals posted late Sunday by the National Weather Service ranged from 0.02 of an inch in Lower Lake, 0.03 of an inch at Indian Valley Reservoir, 0.04 of an inch in Kelseyville and 0.10 of an inch in Upper Lake.
The National Weather Service reported that chances of more rain are in the 30- to 40-percent range in much of the county during the day on Monday, but 20 percent in Middletown.
Throughout the county, rain expectations fall to 20 percent on Monday night, with light winds and rainfall totals of under a tenth of an inch, although higher amounts may be possible in the case of thunderstorms.
Forecasters predict 20-percent chances of showers on Tuesday and Wednesday, and a slight chance of rain also on Thursday. Conditions are expected to clear Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Daytime highs are forecast to be in the low 70s, with nighttime lows in the low 50s, based on the forecast.
Additional updates on weather conditions will be posted as they become available.
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