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By Scott Sistek
SEATTLE -- I guess if Oklahoma is going to take Seattle's basketball team, it only figures we take some of their weather in return...

A series of strong to severe thunderstorms rolled through the Puget Sound region Wednesday night and Thursday morning, bringing large hail, gusty winds, frequent lightning and heavy rain.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are very rare in Western Washington, but there were several issued through the evening and overnight hours, with southeastern King County hit particularly hard. Fresh warnings were issued for the Eastside metro area late Thursday morning as another severe cell with large hail was moving up the I-405 corridor. Learn more about severe thunderstorm warnings in our weather blog

Overall, Ted Buehner with the National Weather Service says they measured 2,500 lightning strikes across the region through 5 a.m. -- so not counting all the late morning fireworks -- and that was the most since August 3, 1999.

Heavy rains sent a mudflow oozing through a new housing development in Newcastle as crews scrambled to keep the muck from flowing into homes.

Video footage from KOMO News' helicopter Air 4 shows about two inches of mud and water flowing through streets in the development, on 169th Avenue SE, which is still under construction.

Enumclaw reported power outages and hail as large as a nickel in size Wednesday night. Several other Cascade foothill communities reported dime to nickel size hail.

These thunderstorms continued through the night and spread out into the Puget Sound lowlands as the night and morning progressed.

We had a very strong, southerly flow that is tapped into some moist, unstable air. Wednesday's 80 degree heat touched off the thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening in the mountains.

Then, a large area of low pressure just off the coast drifted close enough to spin bands of moisture our way, and when those showers entered this large swath of warm, unstable air, they intensified into much heavier showers and thunderstorms.

The thunderstorms tapered off Thursday afternoon and were not expected to be a factor for the rest of the weekend.

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Yup, I saw some lightning and very heavy rain this morning when I was at work in Bellevue also saw some lightning at my home at around 2:30 AM. My friend said he saw sooo many lightning and a heavy downpour up in Everett last night. Those severe storms we got are very rare.
 
Incredible pictures! I miss those sights! Dang.....
 
It rains in in Seattle?

I was, rather, shocked when I'd heard that lightening storms had sparked 820 wildfires in California. Change is in the air, it would seem.
 
WOW! The last time I saw bad thunderstorm in Reno, Nevada was in summer of 1988 or 89 (I don't remember what year but I remembered it was near 1990)...I think it last like a week, but I don't remember. I could not sleep with lighting keep go off! LOL!
 
Wow...that's pretty big ! :lol: You are not scared of lightings, are you ? Lol
 
I think those pictures are beautiful to view, imo. Sure, it's scary... Heh. :)
 
Severe T-storms warnings are rare in Seattle? We get those warnings hundreds of times here in MD especially during the summer. It is a lot of fun when these thunderstorms come roaring thru with incredible lightning shows...I love it!
 
Aww wish it was here in Vancouver as continue as it was last week! JK ;)
 
Maria said:
Wow...that's pretty big ! :lol: You are not scared of lightings, are you ? Lol
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No, I'm not scared of lightning. I love to watch them. ;) I have seen it time to time when I lived in Utah.
 
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