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Thunderstruck

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  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny and breezy with a bit of cloud, about 20C
  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex
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Had near constant thunder for the past 15 minutes or so, and hail just started falling from nowhere.

Also saw a lovely white CG a few minutes ago

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Dami Maestro

Dami

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  • Location: Bedfordshire 33m above mean sea level
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy and thundery.
  • Location: Bedfordshire 33m above mean sea level
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watch the rain over me go stormy.

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Windblade

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  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, rain, tornados, funnel clouds and the northern lights
  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
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Alright, so now I've managed to sort the pictures out properly (was posting from my phone earlier!) please find the full set from this afternoons 3.30pm storm over Bexley...

So I knew something was going to happen on the way home when I could see the shape and size of this thing, it looked proper Usa style. I stopped on some backstreets I know with the most unobscured view I could get (difficult in the suburbs I know).

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Panoramic shot...

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Decided to quickly head home but just had to stop on the main road I was on and take a picture of the storm as it was looking meaner by the second This was the view to the north...

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Pulled up. Wait whats that to the north east?...

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Cheeky scud?

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Then turned to my south and saw scud condensing out on thin air and saw it was startng to rotate. I've seen enough storm chasing videos to know what that meant and quickly got into position as the scud tightend into a rope and a beautiful, but short lived (20-30 seconds at the most) multi vortex funnel cloud formed right infront of me...

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After I got in the thunder and lighting started and lated a good 30 mins. Very loud. Seems to have headed off to Essex now.

I thought today was going to be a total bust but I'm very happy to be proved wrong. Hope others have just as much luck, These storms are wild.

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Thunderstruck

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  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny and breezy with a bit of cloud, about 20C
  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex
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Oooo that was a close one

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Hodgheg

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  • Location: Near Hull
  • Weather Preferences: Severe storms and heavy snow
  • Location: Near Hull
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Heard 1 distant rumble then just rain.

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chrisbell-nottheweatherman

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  • Location: South Norfolk, 44 m ASL.
  • Weather Preferences: Varied and not extreme.
  • Location: South Norfolk, 44 m ASL.
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2 minutes ago, Windblade said:

Alright, so now I've managed to sort the pictures out properly please find the full set from this afternoons 3.30pm storm over Bexley...

So I knew something was going to happen on the way home when I could see the shape and size of this thing, it looked proper Usa style. I stopped on some backstreets I know with the most unobscured view I could get (difficult in the suburbs I know).

20170602_155205.thumb.jpg.a7249fca5ce2579bcde6f6b2317fafe5.jpg

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Panoramic shot...

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Decided to quickly head home but just had to stop on the main road I was on and take a picture of the storm as it was looking meaner by the second This was the view to the north...

20170602_155530.thumb.jpg.43353b3f600523e7f87af7f4fe1c628f.jpg

 

Pulled up. Wait whats that to the north east?...

20170602_155812.thumb.jpg.62d5da4ba23a0ea301660bd31d044650.jpg

 

Cheeky scud?

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Then turned to my south and saw scud condensing out on this air and saw it was startng to rotate. I've seen enough storm chasing videos to know what that meant and quickly got into position as the scud tightend into a rope and a beautiful, but short lived (20-30 seconds at the most) funnel cloud formed right infront of me...

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I thought today was going to be a total bust but I'm very happy to be proved wrong. Hope others have just as much luck, These storms are wild.

 

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Nicely shot!:hi:  I thought I could see signsof rotation on the radar earlier.

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Windblade

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  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, rain, tornados, funnel clouds and the northern lights
  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
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Just now, chrisbell-nottheweatherman said:

Nicely shot!:hi:  I thought I could see signsof rotation on the radar earlier.

Thank you friend! I was just lucky to be in the right place at the right time, and its a a shame there were houses in the way but nonetheless I'm very grateful to have seen that.

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chrisbell-nottheweatherman

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  • Location: South Norfolk, 44 m ASL.
  • Weather Preferences: Varied and not extreme.
  • Location: South Norfolk, 44 m ASL.
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9 minutes ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

Very threatening sky now! 

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You're too far north for the stronger storms, I think.  They'll probably exit the coast around Aldeborough.  You might like to pop down to Southwold and park on the front near the Pier - there's a good view along the coast from there.  You might even want to park at the harbour just to the south of the town.

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Windblade

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  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, rain, tornados, funnel clouds and the northern lights
  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
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Crickey, that bexley storm is still going strong in Essex! Plus, it looks like there's another one over the coast!

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Freezeflake

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  • Location: Orpington
  • Location: Orpington
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40 minutes ago, Harry said:

What direction was the microburst @Freezeflake? We had something here remarkably like one, sudden strong winds and intense rain and hail. Lasted about 30 seconds. I recorded the storm, just sitting down to see what it has come out like 

Looked to be towards the Kenley, Warlingham direction. was pretty much isolated from the rest of the storm. We got hit hard as well but I've never had such a clear view of a one so was quite interesting to watch. 

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Thunderstruck

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  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny and breezy with a bit of cloud, about 20C
  • Location: Benfleet, South Essex
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11 minutes ago, Windblade said:

Crickey, that bexley storm is still going strong in Essex! Plus, it looks like there's another one over the coast!

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Indeed, I just took a pounding from that. Not quite last Sunday night, but there was some extremely heavy hail. Haven't heard a rumble for a while so I think it's moved away now,

 

Edit: Oh wow, the cold front is already over London now, so that's probably it for today

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Windblade

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  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Storms, rain, tornados, funnel clouds and the northern lights
  • Location: NW Bexley, Kent
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1 minute ago, Jcweather said:

Indeed, I just took a pounding from that. Not quite last Sunday night, but there was some extremely heavy hail. Haven't heard a rumble for a while so I think it's moved away now,

Looks pretty dangerous on radar! After a slow start this is turning into a very active day.

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East_England_Stormchaser91

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  • Location: King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Hot and Thundery, Cold and Snowy
  • Location: King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
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ActIvity is waning now, and moving off into the North Sea. Time to head back. Still, I got a few rumbles. Better than diddly squat! 

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Supacell

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  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Belper, Derbyshire
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NMM still keen on breaking out heavy precipitation overnight near the CF as it pushes east. They are showing MLCAPE too. I just don't know though, I think all the action today has been and gone.

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Gordon Webb

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  • Location: Bedworth , Warwickshire , 52.475°N 1.477°W
  • Weather Preferences: Dull And Uninteresting Weather
  • Location: Bedworth , Warwickshire , 52.475°N 1.477°W
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7 minutes ago, Britneyfan said:

Had a huge storm in Essex, the lightning hit just 100 yards from where I was sitting in the pub garden, never been so scared my whole life 

more importantly how's the drink

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Frosty hollows

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  • Location: Benson, Oxfordshire
  • Location: Benson, Oxfordshire
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1 hour ago, Windblade said:

Alright, so now I've managed to sort the pictures out properly (was posting from my phone earlier!) please find the full set from this afternoons 3.30pm storm over Bexley...

So I knew something was going to happen on the way home when I could see the shape and size of this thing, it looked proper Usa style. I stopped on some backstreets I know with the most unobscured view I could get (difficult in the suburbs I know).

20170602_155205.thumb.jpg.a7249fca5ce2579bcde6f6b2317fafe5.jpg

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Panoramic shot...

20170602_155146.thumb.jpg.b4646dfbc36d90311dab9a0713e50552.jpg

 

Decided to quickly head home but just had to stop on the main road I was on and take a picture of the storm as it was looking meaner by the second This was the view to the north...

20170602_155530.thumb.jpg.43353b3f600523e7f87af7f4fe1c628f.jpg

 

Pulled up. Wait whats that to the north east?...

20170602_155812.thumb.jpg.62d5da4ba23a0ea301660bd31d044650.jpg

 

Cheeky scud?

20170602_155821.thumb.jpg.9d90fd7c72c5868126689b4f8f74ffeb.jpg

 

Then turned to my south and saw scud condensing out on thin air and saw it was startng to rotate. I've seen enough storm chasing videos to know what that meant and quickly got into position as the scud tightend into a rope and a beautiful, but short lived (20-30 seconds at the most) multi vortex funnel cloud formed right infront of me...

20170602_160050.thumb.jpg.2daeb0ec6facade49a97064133e90b9f.jpg

20170602_160120.thumb.jpg.fcc26cdc2bee03ed6ae7536e7f813b37.jpg

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After I got in the thunder and lighting started and lated a good 30 mins. Very loud. Seems to have headed off to Essex now.

I thought today was going to be a total bust but I'm very happy to be proved wrong. Hope others have just as much luck, These storms are wild.

Amazing photos!Thanks for sharing

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Harry

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  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms
  • Location: Bexley (home), C London (work)
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So annoying, got the storm earlier on film, tried to upload it (for the first time) to YouTube (took forever) and then learned it is 30 seconds too long :sorry:

Will have to try later 

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staplehurst

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  • Location: Norwich
  • Location: Norwich
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2 hours ago, Harry said:

OMG. Just had a downburst of some sort. Brief total white out (about 30 seconds), leaves flying around, large hail and frequent CGs. Incredible.

Definitely falls under the heading of severe!!!

Hi Harry,

do you know roughly what size (diameter) the hail was? Very jealous of your downburst! :)

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