The Midlands Regional Discussion 16th July 2013 onwards

[Staffordshire]

Woop big thunderstorm here now!!!

nice one mate, take some vids/pics so i can have an idea what its like please

[azores92]

Woop big thunderstorm here now!!!

told you, great scenes, plenty of electrical activity, wonder what the rainfall reading was?

Edited July 23, 2013 by azores92

[matt_in_dudley]

i fear for our position atm matt, maybe thats just the no sleep talking or the fear of disapointment? however looka like notts is in for round 2 very soon, lucky beggars

  

I think you might be just a tad too far east to get the best of this one. It's going right over me and I feel the radar suggests a slight anticlockwise pivot, so heading N now rather than NNE. Might be imagining that, though.

Oh it doesn't surprise me. 10 mile gap of nothing and we're slap bang in the middle while everyone else parties. It happens everytime, always watching from a difference.

[Staffordshire]

Oh it doesn't surprise me. 10 mile gap of nothing and we're slap bang in the middle while everyone else parties. It happens everytime, always watching from a difference.

its so f**king frustrating! i cant even see any distant lightening anymore, only saw about 3 flashes, i wouldnt of minded so much if i didnt stay up all night, now ill be grotty all day, so i apologise to you all in advance

[Costa Del Fal]

Seems to have moved off but a nice storm while it lasted. New developments in SE Wales?

[azores92]

pfft the worst of it is over now, was really optimistic it was all kicking off still pretty heavy out there mind, the local weather station recorded about 6mm within a 10 min period easily, thought it might have been worse than that tbf. hopeful we might get a fair bit later still from various convection brewing up. must be creaming themselves in norfolk, lucky buggers

Edited July 23, 2013 by azores92

[conor123]

Miracles happening, incredibly frequent lightning and the loudest booms of thunder ever to the south east/east, not much rain to speak of but the thunder is really roaring away.

[klippieboo]

Getting going nicely in telford with plenty building according to radar. Frequent bursts of lighting and almost non stop grumbling !

[Costa Del Fal]

Miracles happening, incredibly frequent lightning and the loudest booms of thunder ever to the south east/east, not much rain to speak of but the thunder is really roaring away.

Thank god the moaning can stop! LolSeems to be kicking off again a bit here!

[Staffordshire]

Some heavy rain here, no thunderstorm like you guys had

[matt_in_dudley]

Very heavy rain. Some flashes and booms. The roar from the rain is deafening

[matt_in_dudley]

Damn CG to my east! Seems to have intensified near me

[PolarWarsaw]

Lightning once a minute odd. Heavy if not torrential rain. Storm is a storm.

[matty40s]

Very impressive horseshoe on the weather radar, incredible how it has developed over the last few hours. East midlands and northants getting a pasting.

it was torrential in daventry but dry when I got to northampton to work.

[conor123]

All calm again now but every now and then another flash and boom.

[anvilcrawler]

Nice storm watching for an hr or so got soaked aswell lol,nice pink cg and loud thunder can still here it thundering away.

[Polar Maritime]

Storm nearly over me here, with multiple strikes to the South.

[nitro_deluxe]

Been flickering for some while beforehand no doubt..up at 04.58am to increasingly rip roaring thunder and frequent at times strobe like lightning..

Several very close strikes later, gradually eased off a touch - now cranking up again for round two!

That's more like it garden looks happy..

[Summer of 95]

Can see/hear it here, though it's certainly not overhead-13 seconds between flash and rumble. Seems to be NE of here

[matt_in_dudley]

It's going to be a long day, been awake a while, storms to my south west and south east, some good lightning and some decent rumbles. Im happy with that. Better get ready for work, off to Leamington Spa this morning!

[nitro_deluxe]

Lightning thunder eased off now..good solid hour of action though, some strikes close enough to set car alarms off

[Summer of 95]

Note to next cell: 10-15 miles west of that last one please, was nice to see lightning but it wasn't very close....

[WillinGlossop]

Woke up twenty minutes ao by big ust of wind, made my coffee and its horrendous out there huge wind gusts lightning constant and rain is making river out of our road......thats what i call athunderstorm!

[nitro_deluxe]

Interesting developments currently east of Bristol, Chippenham way?

Several cells building and trundling NNE.

[Dale Hay]

..good solid hour of action though

Nothing directly overhead, but have had an hour or so of some awesome lightning (in the distance). It's all gone quiet now, am hoping for more... well can see something edging its way up, just hope it explodes over the Midlands. *fingers crossed*