Storm Reports 7th December onwards

[Joneseye]

Morning all!

in the middle of a thunderstorm here at the moment with 2 very close CG strikes and instant booming thunder! A couple of people in the office yelped and quite a few have remarked "isn't it unusual for thunder in the winter"...

I have to say it was certainly unexpected!! It has become very squally out there..

[Matt B]

Storm just hitting Reading now. Thunder and lightning. Nothing spectacular but a storm all the same

[justinflavin]

just had an very intense hail downburst here in Basingstoke. seemed to go on for absolutely ages.

and another burst has broken out as i type this. i managed to get some video of it - i'll see if i can upload it to Youtube.

[Stargazer]

Squally shower with plenty of hail here in Basingstoke right now.

[dobbiej]

Same here, that squall line has just come over us - hail and thunder. Very impressive as it was flat calm one minute then blowing a gale the next... BTW - am in Pirbright Surrey - 25 mles East of Basingstoke.

[frozencanals]

Morning All

Nice little thunder storm passing over the City of London at the moment, unusual to see thunder and lightening at this time of year..

Cheers

FC

[Angel15]

Morning All

Nice little thunder storm passing over the City of London at the moment, unusual to see thunder and lightening at this time of year..

Cheers

FC

We also actually witnessed a few smatterings of hail up at Gary's Inn!!!

[charlton north-downs]

Looking out of my office window in Bromley Kent the sky has gone black and rain is teeming down and there is thunder and lightning . Temps have fallen from 10c to 5.5c -Very heavy winds and hail now. <_<

[justinflavin]

video i took this morning of the hailstorm downburst in my back garden

[Paul Sherman]

Very Nice Little Thunderstorm for the Time of Year, Nice Cg's observed snaking down behind the London Eye as I walked then RAN Accross Blackfriars Bridge, just made it in time before the Wall of Rain Hit.

Paul Sherman

[VillagePlank]

At work in Erith; thunder and hail just easing, now.

[Joneseye]

Just about to get ding ding round number 2 here...

[Tom D]

Torrential downpour, heaviest it gets that is! Winds lashing the rain around, thunder and lightning, temperature dropped from 9c to just 6c now.

[nanu]

That was one nasty squall that just went through.

Hail at the beginning,, then the rain (horizontal almost),, Then the flash flash boom boom (basil brush).

At one point it was so windy i thought a tornado was possibly dropping <_<

Great stuff.

[MAF]

yep Nanu. tremendous clap of thunder. it woke me up! Hail here too so it headed west to east then. the thunder seemed to roll on for ages

[Joneseye]

There are a couple of distinct lines in the south at the moment:

On a seperate note - Belgium must have sunk by now if the radar is real :o

[justinflavin]

That was one nasty squall that just went through.

Hail at the beginning,, then the rain (horizontal almost),, Then the flash flash boom boom (basil brush).

At one point it was so windy i thought a tornado was possibly dropping :o

Great stuff. :o

yeah - it felt like that down here as well. the wind really picked up in speed during the hail downburst.

There are a couple of distinct lines in the south at the moment:

On a seperate note - Belgium must have sunk by now if the radar is real :o

that westerly line is starting to come over us here in basingstoke. clear blue skies in between.

[Greyowl]

Squally storm just passed through Gravesend Kent. Thunder lightning and a bit of hail with heavy rain.

[nanu]

Tower Climbing from the west for the next squally shower.

[Soaring Hawk]

From clear skies with sun to horizontal rain/hail with gale force gusts, all in 10 minutes. Just started.

[Wynn D Woo]

A continuous stream of heavy squally showers with hail and thunder mixed in, temps at 7.9C

[markp1980]

Another Wild day!

Woke to to near black sky, heavy rain, hail and gusty winds.

Now a totally clear blue sky and sunny!

What next!

[justinflavin]

Tornado reported in Harlesden!

http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/foru...26&posts=17

Sky news...

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1243278,00.html

good lord - look at this picture. side of a house ripped off

http://news.sky.com/skynews/picture_galler...43280-2,00.html

!!!!

its on sky news now. just switched it on... entire roofs ripped off.

[westy]

justinflavin,

Thankyou for that, Wow what an incredible happening for London I hope no-one has been hurt! :o

Westy

[justinflavin]

justinflavin,

Thankyou for that, Wow what an incredible happening for London I hope no-one has been hurt! :o

Westy

unfortunately 6 injured. taken to hospital...

sky weatherman is warning about a similar system coming in from wales... its heading east. its not over yet for today.

the tornado system must have been the one i videoed earlier this morning (the hailstorm) - headed east - and it hit london around 11.05am

that was videoed around 9.30am here in basingstoke.

update: sky are saying 5 injured. treated at the scene for injuries and shock.

update 2: bbc - 5 treated at the scene. 1 man taken to hospital with head injuries. 6 injured total.

(and bbc keep saying mini-tornado ... gggaaarrggghhh!!!)