> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Winter storms bring hailstones and a rainbow to Berkeley - URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/01/10/disaster-preparedness/berkeley-hail-winter-storm/ - Published: 2023-01-10T23:00:49.000Z - Updated: 2023-01-11T01:12:07.000Z - Description: A rainbow graced Berkeley after a heavy round of hail in the afternoon. - Author: Emilie Raguso - Tags: Disaster preparedness, #articles Hail struck Berkeley throughout the day Tuesday during the latest winter storms to reach the Bay Area. The first wave came Tuesday morning, followed by a round in the early afternoon, then a "bigger and more persistent" wave at 2:45 p.m. Residents also reported lightning and thunder when the hailstorms hit. We've collected the best community reports, photos and videos of Tuesday's storm in Berkeley. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/01/IMG_3050.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/01/IMG_3054.jpeg) Hail in Berkeley in the 600 block of Cragmont Avenue. [*Ariel Nava Photo*](https://twitter.com/arielnavaphoto?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > More hail here in Berkeley! Bigger and more persistent this time. [pic.twitter.com/XPNdNRBu3j](https://t.co/XPNdNRBu3j?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — Laura Kwan-Rosenbush (@laurakr415) [January 10, 2023](https://twitter.com/laurakr415/status/1612944983711182848?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > Wacky weather! Still hail pebbles on the ground 20 or so minutes afterwards in North Berkeley. [pic.twitter.com/Dzi7md8BQ6](https://t.co/Dzi7md8BQ6?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — Marishi (@marichihiro4) [January 11, 2023](https://twitter.com/marichihiro4/status/1612967964084690945?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > INTENSE video of the mid-afternoon storm in Berkeley on Tuesday: hail, lightning and a deep wave of crashing thunder. Gives me chills! Video: [@arielnavaphoto](https://twitter.com/arielnavaphoto?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [pic.twitter.com/a1KV7jd3Vs](https://t.co/a1KV7jd3Vs?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — The Berkeley Scanner (@BerkeleyScanner) [January 11, 2023](https://twitter.com/BerkeleyScanner/status/1612967828004696064?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > Our dog contemplating her next move. > Go or no go? [pic.twitter.com/gzXUT0B1Rp](https://t.co/gzXUT0B1Rp?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — dlh2409 (@dlh2409) [January 10, 2023](https://twitter.com/dlh2409/status/1612952019467407360?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > Here's a clip of the early afternoon hail storm in Berkeley on 1/10 [#storm](https://twitter.com/hashtag/storm?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [#AtmosphericRiver](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AtmosphericRiver?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [@berkeleyside](https://twitter.com/berkeleyside?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [#WeatherUpdate](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeatherUpdate?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [#Weather](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Weather?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [#berkeley](https://twitter.com/hashtag/berkeley?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [pic.twitter.com/QJAzk5GVST](https://t.co/QJAzk5GVST?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — Kieron (@kjslaughter) [January 10, 2023](https://twitter.com/kjslaughter/status/1612953857440747522?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > [@BerkeleyScanner](https://twitter.com/BerkeleyScanner?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) hail in West Berkeley! [pic.twitter.com/uj6u3ypiZS](https://t.co/uj6u3ypiZS?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — whoooozu 🦉 (@yuzu) [January 10, 2023](https://twitter.com/yuzu/status/1612944991701331968?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > Intense, but short, 15 minutes of hail in [#berkeley](https://twitter.com/hashtag/berkeley?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [pic.twitter.com/60HbcbFVs6](https://t.co/60HbcbFVs6?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — Elon Musk is a Parody (@rosszb) [January 11, 2023](https://twitter.com/rosszb/status/1612968779688079361?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > Few more in case you need them! [pic.twitter.com/4DaTCX5OPW](https://t.co/4DaTCX5OPW?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — Elon Musk is a Parody (@rosszb) [January 11, 2023](https://twitter.com/rosszb/status/1612968522648555520?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > Lots of hail with thunder and lightning right now in Berkeley! > > ⁦[@NWSBayArea](https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com)⁩ [pic.twitter.com/ngyoOJXGaq](https://t.co/ngyoOJXGaq?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — john ewing (@avimentor) [January 10, 2023](https://twitter.com/avimentor/status/1612943853073620993?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > [@BerkeleyScanner](https://twitter.com/BerkeleyScanner?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) heavy hail in Thousand Oaks [pic.twitter.com/QB5Qhs8pZw](https://t.co/QB5Qhs8pZw?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — (is it safe yet??) (@sarahbon1) [January 10, 2023](https://twitter.com/sarahbon1/status/1612946132191281152?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > [@BerkeleyScanner](https://twitter.com/BerkeleyScanner?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) hail stones from Berkeley this afternoon. [pic.twitter.com/HsDscDStP5](https://t.co/HsDscDStP5?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — P. Nice (@publik\_defenda) [January 10, 2023](https://twitter.com/publik%5Fdefenda/status/1612955328316059648?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > [@BerkeleyScanner](https://twitter.com/BerkeleyScanner?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [@NWSBayArea](https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) hail in north Berkeley flatlands just now. [pic.twitter.com/1zHNkPQQ2s](https://t.co/1zHNkPQQ2s?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — Nancy Van House (@nancyvh) [January 10, 2023](https://twitter.com/nancyvh/status/1612945910220328962?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > Lower campus eucalyptus grove [@cal](https://twitter.com/Cal?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) (west of Valley Life Sciences building) taped off. There's at least one fallen tree [@BerkeleyScanner](https://twitter.com/BerkeleyScanner?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [pic.twitter.com/UqNECngtvb](https://t.co/UqNECngtvb?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — Katherine Baylor (@KJBaylor) [January 10, 2023](https://twitter.com/KJBaylor/status/1612897291266060288?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > Holy Hail Batman! [@BerkeleyScanner](https://twitter.com/BerkeleyScanner?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [pic.twitter.com/UpS5911YD3](https://t.co/UpS5911YD3?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — #bekind #fightfordemocracy 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@BerkeleyHella) [January 10, 2023](https://twitter.com/BerkeleyHella/status/1612921329732444160?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > Tree and car down on Lorina at Ashby, around the corner from [@EmiliasPizzeria](https://twitter.com/EmiliasPizzeria?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com)[@berkeleyside](https://twitter.com/berkeleyside?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [@BerkeleyScanner](https://twitter.com/BerkeleyScanner?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) [pic.twitter.com/tuXyoGAtkm](https://t.co/tuXyoGAtkm?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — 🄴🄼🄸🄻🄸🄰🅂 🍕 (@EmiliasPizzeria) [January 10, 2023](https://twitter.com/EmiliasPizzeria/status/1612921438234873859?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/01/berkeley-rainbow-1.jpg) Storm clouds and a rainbow over the South Berkeley farmers market Tuesday afternoon. *[A Levin](https://twitter.com/ALevin31946765?ref=berkeleyscanner.com)* > Two hours s after the hail, it still looks like a light dusting of snow in our backyard. [pic.twitter.com/ZfPduTf7lk](https://t.co/ZfPduTf7lk?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) > > — David Rosenthal (@DavidRosenthal\_) [January 11, 2023](https://twitter.com/DavidRosenthal%5F/status/1612979330778554372?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) 💡 **Seeing weather impacts in Berkeley? [Alert The Berkeley Scanner](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/tips/).**