Had a storm in early hours of morning and was awake, was such a surreal experience not having been in one awake for over a decade.
First the flash of lightning came with no rain, thunder about 3-4 seconds after.
Then the next flash with thunder about 2 seconds.
Then it started raining, heaviest had for many years, usually only light showers here.
Then the next flash I seen it very well defined very thick lightning, and the thunder almost immediate after it.
All the flashes after this the gap between lightning and thunder grew rapidly, and after the next two was behind my house.
A few minutes later I could only hear distant rumble seen no flashes.
10-15 minutes later the rain stopped and all was done.
So a very short lived storm, and rain didnt last that long either, it must have been moving quite rapidly. Such a rare experience in my part of the country, will I witness another within 10 years?