Wild lightning storm knocks out 911 system in Palm Springs

Wednesday night saw rain, thunder, and plenty of lightning in the Greater Palm Springs area.

#thunderstorm #lightning #monsoonseason #desertstorm #deserthotsprings #palmsprings #california #godsworkofart

A post shared by Daniel Duenas (@guamboy31) on Aug 3, 2017 at 3:33am PDT

The storm brought of a decent amount of rain to some areas (1.1 inches in Sky Valley, .60 inches in Thousand Palms, .35 in Cathedral City) and a ton of lightning:

Monsoon thunderstorms produced 723 lightning strikes across Southern California Wednesday! #cawx pic.twitter.com/Wwk4GFrP6d

— NWS San Diego (@NWSSanDiego) August 3, 2017

The lightning storm knocked out the 911 system in Palm Springs for several hours.

Palm Springs 911 phone lines are down call 760-770-0300 to report an emergency.

— Palm Springs PD (@PalmSpringsPD) August 3, 2017

Palm Springs 911 has been restored.

— Palm Springs PD (@PalmSpringsPD) August 3, 2017

Here are some videos of the storm – would love to see more. Add your pics and videos in the comments.

@NWSSanDiego Palm Desert Thursday
Got a lot of photos and 3 good videos pic.twitter.com/R9nvKfRJSq

— Eric Von Haden (@EricVonHaden1) August 3, 2017

Mother Nature's fireworks!!! #monsoon #desertstorm #tropicalstorm #lightning #coachellavalley #desert

A post shared by Daniel Duenas (@guamboy31) on Aug 3, 2017 at 3:13am PDT

This is my favorite thing to watch ???????????? #nevergetsold

A post shared by Noelle Marquez (@_no_elle_marie) on Aug 3, 2017 at 2:56am PDT

PHHHOTO is better.

A post shared by Shane Roberts (@shaneshousestudios) on Aug 3, 2017 at 1:42am PDT

⚡️. . . . . #rain #summer #nature #sky #clouds #rainyday #weather #beautiful #water #night #cool #moon #amazing #like4like #storm #nofilter #happy #palmsprings #palmdesert #indio #laquinta #coachellavalley #coachella #ranchomirage #indianwells #deserthotsprings #catcity #thousandpalms #california #desert

A post shared by Cindy ???? (@cindylarin) on Aug 3, 2017 at 12:52am PDT