Driving In A Hailstorm Along U.S. 101 Towards San Jose, CA (March ‎30, ‎2024)

Driving in a hailstorm along U.S. 101 NB towards San Jose, CA this afternoon. Fun weather indeed! The National Weather Service forecast for the San Francisco Bay Area for this day called for scattered showers and thunderstorms on the tail end of a weather system that had blew thru the region Friday. The center of the weather system (low pressure area) appeared to almost be stationary, off the California coast this day and here in the South Bay, we were on the northern edges of the low where t-storms bubbled up during the afternoon hours. It appeared that this was mainly a South Bay thunderstorm event. Thunder and lightning were particularly noteworthy in the South Bay, where the weather service even issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning near Morgan Hill. Massive amounts of hail and lightning were witnessed around Morgan Hill and south San Jose with the slow-moving storms that did form…
I actually had to leave a bit early from my sister’s baby sprinkle event to chase the storms that did form near Morgan Hill. It was worth it. This storm(s) had turned severe-warned. Much of the hail activity was seen along US 101. The hailstorm/graupel halted the SB side to a crawl. A decent amount of lightning was witnessed within this storm. I even got lucky enough to capture a rare occurrence of a plane getting struck by lightning! I later called it a day shortly before 5pm, with occasional downpours continuing all the way home. Talk about a crazy weather day for us on the eve of Easter! (Saturday afternoon, March 30, 2024)

[@randytracy1742]

The hailstorm you drove through near San Jose on us 101was impressive! I can see the slush(?) when it rained so hard and then the small hail! Not a bad day on the road! 😮😮😮😮😅😅

[@KahifBaoo]

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