The swollen brook just round the corner from me.
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Tornado??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7xSZTyAt62Q#
Incredible - looks like SLW's from a downburst to me
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That clip made the BBC national news just now!
Nice pics Duane
A places called Coalville/Leicestershire 7 miles S/SW of Loughborough on the edge of the Charnwood hills recorded a massive 56mms of rain over 2 inches during todays storms.
And here is the evidence. A rainfall rate of 487.7mm/hr was recorded this morning. That is incredible.
The graph shows that about 40mm fell in less than an hour
http://www.photoweather.com/aws/
How deep is the brook normally?
That AWS belongs to Sam Jowett, formerly of this parish (used to be a frequent poster on TWO back in the day before he moved to UKWW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccM23z1qraY The results THUNDER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUOomaqNj7s the shot shown on news at ten lightning
Here is my video effort. Local; River Gelt Brampton in full flood, rose very quickly. Its normal about 2-3feet across. !
http://youtu.be/scfIDeVBO5Y
Wow - you'd not stand much chance in that!
From the Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9363882/Scotland-cut-off-as-superstorms-floods-and-landslips-close-main-rail-links.html
"The cause of the extreme conditions, Mr Davenport said, was a “Spanish plume” — when hot air from Spain is forced northwards and meets cooler air sweeping in from the west, causing “super cell” thunderstorms, more commonly seen in the “Tornado Alley” area of Colorado"
Storm chasing in the Plains just got a heck of a lot easier - only one area of Colorado to worry about
And around here, the local council gardeners are going around the town with a large pressurised water container watering the flowerbeds because it's been dry (I've not seen rain since last Sunday).You really have to appreciate the irony behind our climate.EDIT: Half an hour later I popped into town, and there he was still in action! I'm sure those who had suffered the worst of the storms probably wouldn't appreicate the humour.
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About a feet deep. But in full flood it has been known to rise to 10 feet.
Whilst its was high yesterday its been even higher than that in the past.
Yes, apart from the odd light shower its been mostly dry here this week within about 30 miles along the coast from Folkestone. But then I consider that very lucky bearing in mind what has been going on in other parts of the country and also in terms of what the GFS was suggesting for here early this week.
I noticed when on the seafront yesterday there were towering clouds amongst the haze out to sea around 4pm whilst I was going shopping and these must have represented the big storm activity that had erupted just over the channel and very briefly came a bit further out into the channel. Within an hour, and then on the way home, the sky had cleared of bubbling clouds and in its place was some thin patches of low cloud as the temperature and humidity dropped noticeably along with a further increasing breeze off the sea In the end, yesterday had turned out a very nice day again
Certainly was a decent day yesterday down here. Unlike today!
Anyway - 64000 lightning strikes in the UK yesterday
http://forum.netweather.tv/gallery/image/15983-lightning-map-28th-june-2012/
Do we think my Thundery Thursday prediction was OK then?
"Bang on" Gav Although I was already with you at the outset
Another good hail video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwLf6i6Jqn4