SAN FRANCISCO -- Mired in an historic drought, residents of the Bay Area lost their collective mind today when dozens of water droplets fell from the sky in a strange event meteorologists are calling a "rain fall."
The droplets, unanimously believed to be water, began falling shortly before 12 p.m. local time, while a majority of San Franciscans were heading to lunch.
Some of the elusive H2O was caught on video.
Raindrops in San Ramon @NWSBayArea #CAwx pic.twitter.com/OYDPit4cIL— Rob Mayeda (@RobMayeda) September 30, 2015
Residents of the Bay Area expressed on Twitter their unmitigated joy at encountering the long-lost meteorological phenomenon. They shared their expressions of fear, elation and confusion, pushing "#rain" to a trending topic in short order.
San Francisco, that's #rain!— Twitter SF (@TwitterSF) September 30, 2015
Rain!!! In San Francisco. First time for everything— Deb Noller (@DebNoller) September 30, 2015
OMG! ACTUAL RAIN in #SanFrancisco! #getouttahere #gofigure #ElNino??? pic.twitter.com/QrXgnMG1j3— Author Provocateur (@JosieBrownCA) September 30, 2015
Dafuq is this on the ground? Could it possibly be #rain? Does it actually rain in #SanFrancisco? pic.twitter.com/yFtm19w3ZY— Hamish Krishna (@MishKrish) September 30, 2015
PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO, DO NOT PANIC, THIS IS RAIN, RAIN IS GOOD!— Daniel Bogan (@waferbaby) September 30, 2015
According to the National Weather Service, some stations in the area actually received measurable rainfall.
Highest rainfall amount we can find is 0.02" for several stations. Is anyone getting greater amounts? #cawx— NWSBayArea (@NWSBayArea) September 30, 2015
According to NOAA records, the Downtown San Francisco station has measured only 3.21 inches of rain in 2015. At time of writing, streets in the city center were slightly damp and scattered umbrellas were raised.
