Thunderstorms

robfosters · 10 Aug 2014 at 10:58

Big berthas well and truly arrived.

Cosimo · 10 Aug 2014 at 11:12

robfosters said:
Big berthas well and truly arrived.

We've had a few hours rain and it's stopped now.

mothermachine · 10 Aug 2014 at 11:28

My drains have flooded and water is coming up through the manhole under our extension (kitchen)

massive B-ache...

MooMoo444 · 10 Aug 2014 at 12:05

mothermachine said:
My drains have flooded and water is coming up through the manhole under our extension (kitchen) massive B-ache...

eww :<

MrMarvelous · 10 Aug 2014 at 12:09

Caining it down here now. Looks like that's it for the summer then.

Fuzz · 10 Aug 2014 at 12:09

Thunder and lightening in Gloucestershire now too.
It's been raining solidly without a break since I woke up at about 6am... :eek:

TonyTurbo78 · 10 Aug 2014 at 12:22

Bertha has now passed here in Southampton. But between 5am and 9am the rain and thunder took epic to another level. It was actually the rain that woke me up and not the thunder to start with. The drainage in the street couldn't cope, and for around an hour a fountain could be seen coming from the manhole covers in the street.

<Dubz> · 10 Aug 2014 at 13:32

Swindon got quite the pasting, some big hail for this country.

Ayahuasca · 10 Aug 2014 at 13:33

Jesus, that would tickle bouncing off ya noggin!

<Dubz> · 10 Aug 2014 at 13:37

it was bad enough hearing hundreds bouncing of my car

diamount · 10 Aug 2014 at 13:46

Bleedin' heck, sounded like something out of Twister outside!

XeNoN89 · 10 Aug 2014 at 14:13

Big line of thunderstorms currently heading from west to east, just getting to west london now

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Hades · 10 Aug 2014 at 14:20

A massive amount of wind and rain just hit my house literally out of nowhere. From dry to rain in seconds (Surrey).

Cosimo · 10 Aug 2014 at 14:23

Hades said:
A massive amount of wind and rain just hit my house literally out of nowhere. From dry to rain in seconds (Surrey).

Just got this with some thunder and lightning. Bucketloads coming out of the sky!

Digital X · 10 Aug 2014 at 14:36

Being on a high hill on dover, it's been absolutely horrendous.. winds expected to get worse by 5pm :/

Hades · 10 Aug 2014 at 14:41

Hades said:
A massive amount of wind and rain just hit my house literally out of nowhere. From dry to rain in seconds (Surrey).

And now bright sun. Strange.

Cyclone · 10 Aug 2014 at 14:50

Thunder and Hailstones now. Glad I'm indoors.

Ryan-3 · 10 Aug 2014 at 14:54

Just gone much darker here now, but has gone between drizzle and ******* down for a few hours already.

Cosimo · 11 Aug 2014 at 15:30

It was bright a few minutes ago and now thunder and a torrential downpour.

Blackjack Davy · 13 Aug 2014 at 00:58

Last night coming home late in the evening saw the flashes of lightning in the distance and and thought, uh-oh I'm heading into that.

It got steadily worse and there was the most almighty downpour the likes of which I don't think I've experience before the hail sounded like it was going to smash the windscreen and the torrents of water flooding down the road was extraordinary. You could kayak down the high street, I kid you not.

Some idiotic driver heads at full speed through a flood and the water is a wave washing right over my car. My car itself was having trouble I was in 2nd gear trying to keep the revs up, engine was flooded and was barely alive. Finally got home and got soaked to the skin running 10 yards from the car to the building, had to change my clothes.

This morning its a bright blue sky like nothing had happened. I was worried the car wouldn't start but it did and after only a few coughs and splutters it was ok after that.