WATCH: Hail, low-elevation snowfall sprinkles throughout San Diego County

Above: Movies of Thursday’s hailstorm despatched in by FOX 5 viewers.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Hail, lightning and low-elevation snow rained down over elements of San Diego County Thursday afternoon because the outer bands of a storm system hovering over Nevada rolled in the direction of the area.

The low-pressure system, which coincided with a interval of sturdy winds blowing alongside the Santa Ana Mountains and foothills, has not introduced the heaviest rainfall the area has seen this yr to date. Nevertheless, the atypical precipitation got here as a little bit of a shock to residents.

“Didn’t have heavy hail on by bingo card for in the present day,” one social media consumer stated in a put up on X, previously Twitter.

Pea-sized hail was first reported in East County communities, comparable to Santee, round 12:30 a.m. Since then, the Nationwide Climate Service has additionally reported hail falling in neighborhoods within the metropolis of San Diego like North Park and Del Cerro.

A video of sunshine snowfall in Descanso, situated at round 3,500 ft in elevation, caught by a FOX 5 crew may be considered within the participant beneath.

Remoted thunderstorms and low-elevation snow flurries have been additionally reported in some East County and mountain communities. In response to NWS, nonetheless, snowfall has been too mild to start accumulating.

As of two p.m., small hail and rainfall as much as 0.25 inches continued falling within the space south of Interstate 8, because the chilly frontal band and higher low moved southwest. The newest radar map from NWS may be seen beneath.

Exercise could improve headed into the afternoon, NWS says. Remoted showers and storms are additionally anticipated headed into Friday, with mountain and valley communities prone to see the very best probabilities of precipitation.

A Winter Climate Advisory is in place for mountains north of San Diego County from 6 p.m. Thursday to six p.m. Friday for accumulations starting from about three to 5 inches. Nevertheless, NWS says snow ranges will proceed to hover round 4,500 to five,000 ft into Friday earlier than rising to five,500 ft within the afternoon.

A Excessive Wind Warning will even stay in place till 6 p.m. Thursday for areas north of San Diego County.