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  1. Ruislip Middlesex

    5th Feb 2008

    20-50

    Torrential downpour, complete with half melted, rice sized hail, for about 10 mins, last night.

    This was followed by a brilliant flash of blue lightning, and a single bang of thunder.

    That was the first thunder of 2008

  2. Greenford Middlesex

    Moderator please put my previous post "11-14" into todays thread. Ta.

    Further to previous report, 11-40 to about 12-30 went very dark, very heavy rain for duration. Lightning about once a minute, including some flickering (multiple leader) strikes, although no actual strikes seen (heavy rain). Storm area has now moved NW. Reports of manhole covers being lifted on nearby A40 road (thats going to cause a lot of fun!!!!!) Now blue sky and patchy Cumulus at the moment.

  3. Greenford, Middlesex

    16-45 to 17-10 electricly active storm. very good views of lightning strikes, some quite close. Seemed to become more active as it moved north eastwards (the new Wembely arch may have been hit by lightning)

    17-45 very black to NE direction. 18-25 new development to north west and distant thunder can be heard though not as frequent as before.

  4. According to BBC Local travel news website, a tree was blown across the road at Holt Heath near Droitwich Worcs

    Line Squall or tornadic.

    Here in NW London it arrived at 15-15 and lasted proper, around 5 mins. It also fetched a huge cloud of leaves

    off the trees (very spectacular) came off in swirls!!! (sorry, camera 100m away inside) I was outside!!!

    I placed a bet that it would stop raining by 15-45 & stars would be visible by 18-00 I am now £5-00 better off!!!!

    I forgot to add about the very noticable temp drop between 15-00 & 16-00

    precipitation was heavy rain and rice size hail (graupal)

  5. DB Yesterday, 20:17 Post #39

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    Greenford Middlesex

    20-00 approx VERY heavy rain, Slight flashes of lightning (must be very high up in the clouds) No thunder to speak of. 20-15 distant/infrequent rumbles of thunder.

    I was in the course of adding an edit to the above observations last night

    (having just seen the first storm depart to the west (from outside) lots of intra cloud lightning to the west. Cell 2 approach from east, forced back inside because of the rain) I was sitting inside an office INSIDE a building!!!! busy composing my edit, then, lo and behold!!!!!!! I noticed my feet were getting wet. time approx

    20-40. Sitting in a room, with my laptop (plugged into the mains)in a pool of water GREAT FUN!!!! What followed was 2 1/2 hours of bedlam. Calling HSS for wet vacs, salvaging delicate electrics/computers from 3"+ of water.

    The Sumaray

    4 separate cells (start times approx)

    20-00 Passed with no flooding

    20-40 Flood

    21-25 Flood

    22-05 Flood

    22-40 No more rain

    23-20 last lightning seen to the NW at Greenford Station

    Very little rain in Hayes apparently

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