Storm Reports - 23rd March 2005

[PB22]

Please post any storm reports here.

Thunderstorms currently affecting southwestern England.

[rob-lancs]

Not one from me so don't credit me with this - Torquay

[Guest ChaserUK]

flashes to my SW and distant thunder - seems to be various areas of development IMO

[PB22]

Thunderstorm earlier in Plymouth reports my brother's girlfriend.

[rob-lancs]

overhead now in torquay, my source having to log off due to severe fork lightning. It's slow moving.

[West is Best]

Thunder overhead here. Edit: 'here' is 6 miles north-west of Okehampton.

Yay! I luurrrrvvvvee thunderstorms!

A very happy WIB (unless the power goes in which case I'm in real trouble for a piece of work)

[Guest ChaserUK]

big storm - lots of heavy rain, lightning, thunder and wind - fantastic!

[Mark]

Just had very heavy rain with lightning, very loud thunder and strong wind. Easing off now but lost satelite reception for about 5 minutes.

It's great.

[Snowkissed]

WOW - An electrical storm has started here, flashes every minute or so - the thunder is really loud I would guess the storm is comming up from the channell - this is wonderful to look at !!!!!!

[Tim]

Thunder and lighting here, raining but not heavy yet. I've noticed some very bright colours to the southwest of us on the radar

[Andy Bown]

Well, I wasn't going to come back on tonight but after the storm that's just passed overhead I am too adrenalised to sleep LOL . I feel priveleged to have had a cell pass directly over Westbury. 5 big overhead flashes of sheet lightning from 2312-2330 (some a little away between the same times). In the sheet lightning were some spectacular jagged streaks. Somewhere nearby took a direct hit from the 1st of 2 CG strikes ! Continuous thunder from 2312-2317 from here and in the distance! About 8mm of rain in 40 minutes and rain still falling now. It will be awesome to better this in 2005!!

[Steve_De4]

You know, I really shoud stay indoors when this happens. But no, I get in my car and drive around trying to find a vantage point to take photos from that won't also turn me into a big lightning conductor Never works. Just end up in the middle of it. In a town.

Confirming Andy's storm report. A lot of lightning around Westbury/Trowbridge. Lot of cloud-to-cloud. Looks like I missed observing Andy's CtoG. Boo! One whacking great rumble in Trowbridge. I'd just stopped in a car-park, wondering where to go next. Looked like cloud-to-cloud, but a real car-shaker of a clap of thunder subsequently. Very close.

Still raining lightly, interspersed with short heavier bursts. No more lightning.

Cheers

Steve

[Andy Bown]

Steve it looked to be over the far side of town from me but it's hard to tell. It had that definite immediate and loud cracking noise.

[STORMGUY]

Yipee a massive flash of lightning just now out towards the west of me.