Storms and Convective Discussion - 25th June 2019 onwards

[Hirudine]

No thunder, but lovely orange flashes lighting up the clouds. So happy to finally see something this year!

[Bangers & Flash]

Starting to see distant strikes from here now to the west and those to the south lighting up the clouds

[harrywhiterowoutdoors]

 massive CG over towards devon round 2 here we go boys and girls

[WeatherWatchmanG]

29km alert seen looked up and lightning way up high, very elevated storms west London towards Heathrow.

[ThundersnowDays]

Weird it feels like thunder is randomly happening around me but only occasionly after that storm passed

[matt111]

Much quieter here now. Can still see frequent lightning to the NE though. 

[Mr_ Nexus]

Distant strobe show intensifying now  

[Norfolk Sheep]

2 minutes ago, evans1892 said:

Don't think so

Definitely more action on the eastern flank though. parts of London may yet get lucky. Still too far west for me.

[oliverek7]

Why London, why? I want to go west and see this with my own eyes but it’s too late  I haven’t seen anything at all

[ChezWeather]

Well its past the point of no return now, if you are still awake now you might as well stay awake! 

Not often you get to see a radar like that in the UK

[toggerob]

Watching a few lightning flashes looking out the SW window towards the Shropshire Hills way from here in the Peaks.

[Ruck Bodgers]

7 minutes ago, SalopWatcher said:

Exeter Storm... welcome to Shrewsbury... it’s kicked off... flashing every few second and lound thunder.... this is going to be great!!! 

I can see that stuff from here, it's gone crazy!! Hope it's good!

[Stabilo19]

Storm moved through very fast in Guildford. Heavy rain and insane lightning for the UK.

 

It would be interesting to hear about hail/tornado reports

[Grazy2266]

Now having some big flashes to my south, still very windy here and the sky has clouded over, fingers crossed it moves across the Aylesbury/Tring Area

[SalopWatcher]

Now getting that amazing strobe effect others have talked about as the storm approaches... been a very long time since we saw something like this in shrewsbury. Very little thunder though.... it’s eerie  

[ThundersnowDays]

sharp showers forming overhead

[Harry]

Just heard first incredibly distant but powerful peel of thunder...ground just reverberated! Awesome sensation.

[matt111]

Quite a rare sight. Nearly all of Europe lightning free, except us.  

[oliverek7]

Flashes south of me in London?

[tomp456]

Note to children.... Don't be outside in a thunderstorm. 

 

 

 

[Jasper Foxx]

Incredible lightshow in BS34. Thunder is a constant dull roar but just constant lightning. Not much rain passing through but a highly electrical storm.

Reminds me of a video posted by American Storm chaser Pecos Hank where he had a constant lightning show on one storm.

[Singularity]

First of two ‘arms’ went through. Peak rain rates over 100 mm/hr but only lasted about 5 mins - they’re scooting along as expected.

Lighting is more ‘veiled’ than during the top-tier 2014 events and thunder much quieter.

Some powerful wind gusts though!

 

In the end, five bouts of torrential rain, most intense one reaching nearly 150 mm/hr, with the final one being the most noisy thunder-wise due to a lower cloud base (it was a back-built one).

8/10 for me.

[tomp456]

5 minutes ago, matt111 said:

Quite a rare sight. Nearly all of Europe lightning free, except us.  

Not a single strike in France. 

Mwahahahahahahaha 

 

 

Edit:almost. 

Edited July 23, 2019 by tomp456

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

I’m genuinely scared

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

There’s been a load of really really close strikes now. About 10