A rare overnight thunderstorm rolled over the Portland metropolitan area early Thursday morning, hammering the area with lightning strikes, crashing peals of thunder and heavy rain downpours.

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Lightning put on quite a show in the Portland and Vancouver Metro areas Wednesday night and the storm even sparked some small fires.