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Hoopyfrood

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  1. I remember that storm well - it was the day we moved into our first flat. I remember the sky going a green colour before the storm too - it was certainly one of the most spectacular I've seen - especially as we were driving through the Essex countryside in the middle of it. Another spectacular storm I remember from my childhood in Essex was the "Dunmow Hailstorm" of 26th May 1985. Started with ~2cm hail, which increased in size over several tranches up to about tennis-ball size. Recorded in the TORRO database here: https://www.torro.org.uk/research/hail/events
  2. Thought the storm over Chelmsford had died out, but in the last 10-15 minutes seems to have revived with frequent lightning and near constant thunder.
  3. May 1985 - Severe thunderstorm with tennis-ball sized hail across much of Essex (known locally as the Dunmow hailstorm). I was a kid at the time on a Scout camp when the first ~1 inch hailstones started falling. The size of the hail increased in several swathes through the afternoon until the final swathe was about tennis-ball size. I think this was recorded as a H6 (60mm hailstones) event. May/June 1986/7 - A weird electrical storm with several hours of red coloured heat lightning around the horizon with no thunder, followed by a thunderstorm. August 1994 - really severe storm that lasted several hours with continuous thunder and heavy rain/hail. Only time I've seen the clouds turn dark green in colour. Some more recent storms have been spectacular - but nothing quite as memorable as these...
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