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Had a very odd day yesterday. We had storms moving up into our town for several hours, giving off distant rumbles of thunder, but the second they'd come to within a mile or so of Falmouth, they'd die. I also feel very sorry for The Lizard that suffered some serious flooding during the afternoon period!
Happily managed to miss the storms entirely last night, but watched them on radar traveling up from the Channel.
Oh, and does any one know what that strange swirling, rotating mass of storms was that hit around the London area moving NEwards during the late afternoon/evening? I've never seen anything like that!
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That explains it then. Thanks for that! I was beginning to wonder if some kind of end-of-the-world scenario was playing out on my doorstep for a minute there. I must admit I do like the sound of rain, but boy did I pick the wrong afternoon to do my shopping!
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Honestly beginning to get a bit concerned about flooding in my little town. We've had some of the heaviest rainfall I've ever seen (including a ton of hail) trained on us almost solidly since 11am, and it shows no sign of stopping. It actually looks like it's been snowing in my garden. No thunder yet, as it happens.
I don't suppose any one has a small boat I can borrow if I suddenly need to escape?
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We had two rather angry-looking storms move right over the top of us, but strangely neither made much noise at all, despite the fact that the radar showed dozens of cg strikes at and around my location. I hardly heard a peep out of either. The rain was impressive though!
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Had a loud, surprisingly active storm over my area between 7:30 to around 8;10ish. Looked mostly like sheet-lightning, but looking at the radar it probably wasn't.
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I prefer snow myself but it is as elusive as thunder these days. It was horrendous in London, the temperature hit 36 and the humidity was stifling.
I'm so glad I'm not in the south-east right now! The one thing you can usually be thankful for, if you live In Cornwall, is the sea-breeze during hot summer days. Strangely we do seem to have gotten quite thundery in recent years though.
I have a sister who lives In Reading (I was there during a heatwave many years ago, so I know how horrible it can be) and she almost passed-out just heading down to the local shops no more than 1/4 mile away. I can't stand oppressive heat.
I love snow too, but we seldom get it here, and when we do it makes getting to work a serious chore as our local public transport is bad enough in good weather. At the first sign of a snowlflake the bloody buses stop!
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From the latest weather forecast that I have seen, the thunderstorms have vanished from London and the SE for Friday night/Saturday morning and they are now further west. You now have more chance of storms than the SE
I've never known a week like it. I'll be glad when the heat has gone and Friday/Saturday is over and done with, to be honest. I've tried to keep up with forecasts and charts, but it's mostly a fruitless endeavour, especially as I'm still very much an amateur when it comes to the weather.
Having said that, although I'm not a thunderstorm fan myself, I wish a fulfilling event to anyone who feels they need their storm-fix tomorrow evening.
I guess what will come, will come.
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I'm sure the Met Office has removed the warnings for my area during Friday pm. They still seem to be in effect for Saturday morning, however.
Edit: and now the Friday warning is back again. I can barely keep up.
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Nothing showing up on the blitzortun app only the strikes out in the north sea and down into france.
The only other radar that seems to be recording similar strikes is Sat24.
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Not the best video ever, holding a headtorch at the same time was a bit tricky..http://youtu.be/fgt8Tz2YLJk
Nice! You've got your own little private pool there, free of charge!
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Why are there so many strikes out in the SW/south of Ireland? Are all of them false? I don't seem to be able to pick them up on any other radar.
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Had an overhead clap of thunder about 15 minutes ago. Very bright lightning. We've had more thunder here over the last 5 months than we normally get in 10 years.
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Had a hell of a storm crash through here from around 5am to 6am. Made a dreadful amount of noise, although it dropped very little rain. I can see it's still going on further east even now!
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One rather pleasant rumble of thunder around 5pm and that was our lot. I'm amazed that Falmouth received such bad weather, as I'm literally a mile down the road, and all we got here was moderate rain.
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Noticed something very weird between Glasgow and Newry in Northern Ireland when looking at the rainfall radar. Obviously a glitch, but I found it kind of interesting.
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I used to really like storms and would be on here posting in anticipation of them arriving. Two dreadful experiences with them (especially the first one) started off my fear of them. Plus imo gaining knowledge of them and when they are most likely for my own area has done me no favours at all. That saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing has some truth to it
Sounds similar to what happened to me. I used to love storms and every time they happened (they're thankfully fairly rare in this part of the UK) was an exciting surprise. In 2001 we had a nasty rash of them, and one woke me up in the middle of the night. Now I know what 'gunshot thunder' means! Loudest thing I've ever heard in my life, and I instantly developed a terror of them. It's such a shame, because it's prevented me from enjoying summertime, and I avoid going anywhere that might be storm-prone.
I've heard it's one of the tougher phobias to get rid of, and I can believe it!
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Im not far down the coast from you in Cadgwith and im pretty sure we are not in the firing line for this week.
I also once was petrified of storms, but this fear turned into interest after watching several storm chasing programs and experiencing some great storm events in 2005 and 2006.
I thought if I learned more about storms it'd help with my fear, but strangely it actually made it worse. I am getting a little better as I get older, but in my twenties I suffered from it dreadfully and have even been known to hide in cupboards!
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Just out of curiosity If I were attempting to get a grip of this what do you think I should do take them on just sit though it try and tough it out or a more gradual process because as of now I worry the nervous energy and the stress are going to someday eventually kill me
Fellow brontophobe here. I know exactly what you're going through, although luckily we don't seem to be in the firing line today (or hopefully tomorrow) we did have a nasty MCS overhead last month that lasted a good hour-and-a-half. If I think a storm's coming, I find something alcoholic to drink. If I'm tipsy it makes it alot easier to deal with. In fact, I've even managed to ignore storms pretty successfully when I've had a few.
Just sit tight, and remember that eventually it HAS to end. It can't go on forever. All you have to do is get through it! If you need someone to talk to, message me.
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I've been through one significant storm this year, and I'm hoping that glob of red doesn't hit Falmouth this morning. If it does and I make it out (without losing my mind completely), I'll post about it.
*Blows the glob in another direction*
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It is pretty rare for here, Blizzards, and I really don't expect French imports to pass this close. I still don't think the thunder was that loud, but admittedly I did have my fingers in my ears throughout (brontophobe, sadly), or perhaps you were hit harder where you are? I do remember a hell of a clap happening about five minutes after I woke up. I actually live in Penryn, and we did get two hits literally one road over from me. There's two burn marks on Helston Road, where the lightning tore some of the tarmac off the pavement. Overall very impressive to get an MCS here.
And my apologies, Lyn-M! I didn't think of heading to the regional section. It'll be intersting to hear other's experience of it, so I'll head there now.
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Couldn't see anything mentioned on this forum about the storms that occurred over Cornwall this morning, so I thought I'd start one. Hope that's okay.
My area suffered thunderstorms from 5:30a.m. until 8:30a.m. It's the talk of the town as it's so rare to get anything this severe here. The rain was absolutely torrential, and flooded the drains. The contents of my neighbour's pebble-drive is now strewn across the entire street.
I got woken up by loud thunder at 7:00a.m. and for the next hour-and-a-half we had constant thunder. Pretty sure there were several storms active in a small area, because just as one would die away and barely give a rumble, we'd get a loud crash from another sweeping through. The lightning wasn't too severe, and I've sat through worse, but the rain was definitely the most impressive bit. I reckon we had a good month's worth in just one morning.
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Been at work since 12:30 and just came home about half-an-hour ago, and I'm lucky to say I missed the worst of the weather going to and from work. It went very dark (almost night-time black) in Falmouth as early as 3:30pm, and the rain has been absolutely torrential and non-stop. Right now all I can hear is heavy gusts of wind and my neighbour's guttering unable to deal with the rain. It's actually quite nice and enjoyable to watch where I am, up on a hill, but I feel sorry for anyone who's on relatively flat ground in Cornwall right now!
For those in areas prone to flooding, keep safe!
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Had a single crack of thunder about an hour ago. Rain has been heavy and the sky went quite black earlier.
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Had intense rainfall around 6am this morning, which managed to wake me up, but not much else to report except some strong gusts.
On the other hand, my sister got caught in a strong thunderstorm in Reading sometime during the afternoon. She said the sky went blacker than she's ever seen it and the heavens opened. She thought she'd wait it out in a supermarket, but it seemed to go on for ages and ages. I heard all of this second-hand, but I'm trying to get hold of my sister so she can verify the details. It sounded pretty intense.
Convective/Storm Discussion Thread - 19th May 2018 onwards
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Watching the radar last night it was insane how we managed to miss literally everything! We were ripe for something nasty, but it just didn't hit. How we managed that amongst a sea of sferics, I will never know.