Heat, humidity and scattered thunderstorms strike SoCal

Name: Heat, humidity and scattered thunderstorms strike SoCal
Uploaded: 2017-08-02T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 2 min 14 s
Description: Tuesday's hot and humid weather was not just muggy and uncomfortable but also potentially perilous, with a threat of thunderstorms creating a risk of fire-setting lightning strikes and flash flooding while high surf pounds the coast and rip currents bedevil swimmers and surfers, according to National Weather Service forecasts.

Tuesday's hot and humid weather was not just muggy and uncomfortable but also potentially perilous, with a threat of thunderstorms creating a risk of fire-setting lightning strikes and flash flooding while high surf pounds the coast and rip currents bedevil swimmers and surfers, according to National Weather Service forecasts.

Posted August 1, 2017 5:13pm PDT