Maybe we're just getting old
Saying that, I do remember many nights as a child hiding from thunderstorms in my sister's bed, and I do feel like the 70's & 80's were more prolific than now, sadly.
I get that storm- loving fans are disappointed, but does anyone actually read past the abbreviated notification warning any more?
I’ve attached the Met Office “further details” attached to the warning - look at what I’ve ringed in red; “most” means the majority and the confidence chart is “unlikely”.
I know people are disappointed but the Met Office have done the right thing. Plus many of us enthusiasts know not to get our hopes up too far in advance & to watch the radar nearer the time.
P.S. the text says late afternoon/early evening. It’s early evening now and there are sferics on the radar. Just in someone else’s back garden lol.