Just got woke up by very loud thunder and lightning followed by very very strong winds and what looks like rain and hail in North Essex, now its just quietened right down. Lasted about 10-15 minutes, now to try get back to sleep!
It is still thundering and lightning over Halstead direction and still very dark. As for here in Hedingham, we had one heavy hail shower about 5:30ish which lasted about 5-10 mins and since then the storms have been rumbling around us.