A powerful thunderstorm rolled through the Treasure Valley, bringing patchy rain and 176 lightning strikes from Parma and Wilder to Bruneau in roughly a 4-hour span.
The National Weather Service says it was one of the most active lightning events the region has experienced in decades. Despite arriving during the heart of wildfire season, the storm did not ignite any significant new fires.
“If you look back to the year 2000, it’s the 5th most ever in a single day of any day since the year 2000,” National Weather Service Coordination Meteorologist Jay Breidenbach said…