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    Convective Storm/Discussion thread - 11/06/16 onwards

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    2 minutes ago, Fiona Robertson said:

    It was a really weird storm, 1999, July. Got up in the morning and we appeared to be in thick fog. England had had a heat wave, but nothing but fog for days in my part of Scotland. Around 10.30 am the thunder began and it was really close. The rain was biblical.I nipped for a wee and while I was sat there, there was a huge flash at the window behind me at the same time as a really loud "crack", I mean really loud. The floorboards and the loo jumped about 2 inches and I went screaming for hubby. Then I crawled outdoors on me hands and knees, scared to stand up, and discovered that a birch tree in the garden had been struck. The roots of the tree go over and under our septic tank pipe and inspection pit and that's what had made the floorboards and loo lift into the air.

    It turned out that that day we hadn't been in "fog", but inside the storm. We live up on a hill and the cloud base was lower than it. It was the most intense storm I've ever seen. There were no gaps between the thunder claps, the lightning was almost constant and it went on for about 2.5 hours. We get strange weather here, in fact I even got a photo of a tornado from my garden. Again it was a nasty storm, but before it hit you could see isolated areas of the cloud rotate and then it would stop, so I stood outside and just waited. Eventually a tornado formed and touched down about 40 feet away. It was small and skinny and didn't last long, but I was thrilled.

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    Wow - that's a great story, thanks for sharing it (and the picture)!

    Convective Storm/Discussion thread - 11/06/16 onwards

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    3 minutes ago, Severe Blizzard said:

    I am pleased to have something to report for once. Went up onto the Hogs Back, just south of Guildford and watched the IOW cell moving N.E. Although the main activity was to the S.E. (work colleague reported very heavy rain at Loxwood, West Sussex), get a couple of reasonable photos including the dual discharges at 10:21 pm. 

    The first lightning was at 9:59 pm and first thunder was at 10:07 pm when approaching the Hogs Back. Much lightning to south and S.E. in next 20 minutes. Closer discharge at 10:30 pm with quite loud thunder (about a mile away). Spots of rain at 10:25 pm then moderate to heavy shower at 10:30 pm to 10:45 pm.

    Lightning receding to N.E. with last distant thunder heard at 10;55 pm. There was clear sky to the north with red-hued contrails, altocumulus and 'chaotic sky' during this whole event.

    On arriving home from the bike ride, about 2 mm rain had fallen.

    Further thunder at 11:58 pm then 12:05 am, 12:11 am and 12:32 am. Periods of moderate rain after 11:45 pm with some very heavy rain just arrived around 12:37 am. Total stands at about 10 mm (12:45 am) 

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    A BIKE ride, in a thunderstorm?! Are you sure that's wise.

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