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    Storms and Convective discussion - September 2023

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    13 hours ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

    Poor old Mrs was trying to desperately get to sleep! Then here’s this nutter (me) saying “oh my word” at the anvil crawlers streaming across overhead. Some real loud ground shakers occurred as the storm was departing North. Probably the loudest thunder of the year so far, and by far the most intense night storm of the last 3 years. 

    The storm really got going once it edged away from here towards North Cambs. Not seen lightning that frequent for many years.

    I was driving my missus mad jumping out of bed looking out of the windows 😂😂

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    Best storm you've ever seen in the UK

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    On 29/05/2020 at 01:44, James1979 said:

    This has probably been done many a time on here before but being a massive fan of thunderstorms (and very starved again of late and indeed the last decade overall), I'd be interested to know, what is your favourite/best storm you've ever seen in the UK?  

    As a child of the 80's I tend to think of that era and the early 90's as very thundery - it was quite normal back in Essex to have regular storms in summer (especially overnight), and on 24th June 1994 I saw the very best storm I have ever witnessed - if someone had said you'll never see anything like it again I would have been shocked (excuse pun!) but all these years later I still relive that storm in my mind and pray that I'll see something like it again as nothing comes close. 

    I recall sitting in the garden after school, enjoying the sunshine and warmth (27c per my old records at the time) and it started clouding over - it reminded me of an approaching warm front at the time but clearly that was the anvil spreading across way in advance of the storm.  Before I knew it, in the distance all I could see was continuous bolts and forks of lightning across the horizon - even then I was passionate about storms and lightning but this was something different to anything I'd seen before and my heart started racing and I felt quite fearful!  As the storm drew nearer, the background was filled with the sound of continuous rumbling, growling and booming which grew louder and louder, whilst all the time the sky grew darker, punctuated every second or 2 with bright flashes.  Then within no time it was so dark the street lights came on and the clouds were glowing bright green - I now know that is often a sign of hail but we had no hail, what we did have was so much CG lightning every second or 2 and thunder that never had an end, just a constant booming all around and explosions when the lightning hit close by.  Every window I ran to front and back of the house had bolts tearing down in front of me - I was so excited but so terrified and I recall hearing my heart beat so loud in my ears it was crazy!  We then had a good 30 mins of just the most intense lightning I've ever seen before it gradually subsided.  I've had very close strikes since which were terrifying but that storm was so consistently raining down lighting in close proximity and so frequent that it has to be the best I've seen in the UK. Oh for something similar again sometime soon!!

    Hi James the June 94 storm probably one of the best I’ve witnessed too.

    https://youtu.be/5T3NaLp_AC4

    It got dark much earlier than normal that evening!

     

    Storms and Convective discussion - June 2023

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    23 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

    Not a lot will top the 4th July 2015! 
    Still ranks as one of the best night outbreaks since 2001 or 2005. From one tiny Speck off Bournemouth to a full blown monster in minutes! 

    Was on holiday at Heacham Norfolk storms arrived during the early hours.

    Does anybody have any radar images of the event as typical I always not at home to enjoy it fully instead being in a caravan drunk😂

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