South East England & East Anglia Regional Discussion - July 7th 2012>

[Keraunic]

Nothing here in Ipswich and I'm not hopeful at all now. Never mind.

[Snow Cat]

Just had a pretty big storm here.

[abruzzi spur]

gone that dark yellowy grey here - is another one nearly with us?

[k66yla]

Looks like another storm coming in

[HighPressure]

The Southern leg of the M25 Surrey into Kent has just seen one all mighty storm, we were under purple (rain map) @100mm p/hr a little while ago. Hail, lightening and I actually ran out of the conservatory because I thought the roof would come in. The weather warnings have this stuff further south across Sussex? Some of these clouds look mighty mean and I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere has hard mini tornadoes?

Yes Maidstone its coming right at you!

Edited July 11, 2012 by HighPressure

[Great Plum]

Reigate was pretty much flooded by the time I left work at 5.15 this evening. My walk is normally a pleasant walk through the town centre, over Cockshot Hill to Woodhstch... Not today! Rain of biblical proportions was falling; we already had a thunderstorm that knocked out work's phones... At the Bell Street junction, water was approaching a foot deep (I had to cross!) and manholes were gushing with water!

Outside Reigate school, cars could only pass with care!

There is still hail in my back garden 2 hours after it finished... Madness!

[camiscool]

Is tunbridge wells in for another battering?

[snow raven]

Was on the very cusp of a storm rumbling away over towards Essex (around 6.30pm - 7.30pm). If I opened the windows, held my breath and prayed that a car didn't pass, I could just about make out the quietest of rumbles...

[abruzzi spur]

just had a not too far away rumble of thunder followed by another closer one and now it is raining very hard. Is it seconds out, round 3?!

Eldest has D of E Friday night in the Surrey Hills - pitching camp on higher ground probably the best option (or a B&B - probably mean a fail though)

[HighPressure]

Is tunbridge wells in for another battering?

Just to the north of Tunbridge Wells and South of London, it looks like its M25 - M26 corridor?

[Paul Sherman]

Some of these clouds look mighty mean and I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere has hard mini tornadoes?

Yes Maidstone its coming right at you!

Unfortunately there is no such thing, there might be small tornadic spin ups today though, but they are definately Tornadoes and there is nothing "mini" about them.

[Great Plum]

just had a not too far away rumble of thunder followed by another closer one and now it is raining very hard. Is it seconds out, round 3?!

Eldest has D of E Friday night in the Surrey Hills - pitching camp on higher ground probably the best option (or a B&B - probably mean a fail though)

Unsurprisingly we have the same here! Re your eldest, isn't there still a youth hostel at Holmbury?

[k66yla]

Yes Maidstone its coming right at you!

I've got the camera standing by

[YokTok]

Storm # 3 - this is crazy

[West Sussex Kate]

if your up my way, looks ilke some storms heading in from midhurst direction.

[HighPressure]

Unfortunately there is no such thing, there might be small tornadic spin ups today though, but they are definately Tornadoes and there is nothing "mini" about them.

Have there been any reported tornadoes today?

[Paul Sherman]

Dont think so, Not seen any reports of Tornadoes or Funnel Clouds today anywhere.

[Clazzer]

Well YokTok, i'm just east of you in Oxted and we've been having what you have about 15 minutes after. But ATM here we have bright sun to the north night time black to the south hail and thunder...I love summer.

[Polar Bear]

oh and again the radar shows the storms tantalisingly close to me..south this time. I can see them too but cant experience them .....

[Snowangel-MK]

Well apart from some very heavy rain at lunchtime which I got caught in as I left my lunch date in the CBX building and some even heavier stuff a while ago here it's been mostly blue sky and sunshine until an hour or so ago....

...now it's just dirty grey stuff ....not 'the book' the clouds that is

I did think we were having some hail and thunder earlier but it turned out to be the kittens who had managed to get some polished pebbles out of a candle holder and were rolling them round on the wooden floor in the living room

........Anyway well done to all of you who got lucky today

[john pike]

i had a storm that went on for a about an hour

and still towers going up

[Clazzer]

Day has just turned to night here in last 5 minutes!

[Team Jo]

Inadvertently chased the one that came through Thurrock about and hour and a half ago on my way home from work, driving alongside some pretty cool CG lightning in torrential rain on the A13 made it hard not to crash the car.... Cleared up a bit now, although looking at the radar there's quite a lot going on/coming in, and not that far away!!

[k66yla]

Got a few strikes and thunder on the video setting through my new camera but now it appears the SD card has messed up, bit unfortunate as I had some good pics on it. Was working earlier...tut

[Steve C]

Light rain here. The most action I've seen today apart from storm clouds and a very distant lightning flash.

Oh well, plenty more time this summer!