155-MPH Winds in Southwest, Three Feet of Rain in Hawaii

UPDATE: A newer article with an update on Friday's severe weather (and more maps) is now available.

Winds last night gusted to 133 mph at 11,000 feet on Mammoth Mountain, Calif., and into the 80s in lower parts of Southern California and Nevada, where damage was widespread and 14,000 lost power near Las Vegas. A 105-mph gust was measured by a NWS spotter in San Bernardino County, Calif., and a 155-mph gust was reported at Henniger Flats, Calif., but the data looks a little sketchy and (given the lower elevation) I'm not 100% sure that reading was accurate.

Meanwhile, something not so alien to Hawaii: Heavy rain. Hawaii holds some of the world's rainiest locations, but over the weekend, things got a little out of control and local rivers and creeks came out of their banks. I was the first to report that Wainiha, Hawaii, picked up 14" in the 24 hours prior to last night, but that's nothing to compare to Hanalei, which received 35.97" in just over two days! That was on Kauai; over 15" fell on the island of Oahu.

NWS reports also indicated that a number of roads were closed due to flooding, the Ilikai Hotel at Waikiki was set ablaze by lightning, and most incredibly, hail of 1.5 inches in diameter was observed in Honolulu when a rare supercell thunderstorm moved over the island (see radar image from @EverythingWX):

Below are some photos from the Twitterverse: