13th June Heavy Rain (and possibly onwards!)

[flowergirl]

I got woke up early by the rain beating on our house, and our powers been off twice.
Looked on environment agency site, quite a few flood warnings and watches.
Looked on my local news and there are reports of the river don in sheffield bursting its banks.
I was at the cinema in sheffield last night and when we came out around 11pm it was thrashing it down, so I'm not surprised!! Were a lot of deep puddles on the road, aswell as water running across it from all directions!!

Anyone got any pics/vids?

[flowergirl]

Parts of Britain have been lashed by fierce rainstorms with severe flooding reported in some areas.
The North and the West Midlands were particularly badly hit with flooding reported across both regions.
Firefighters in South Yorkshire said they were inundated with calls from flooded householders after more than 24 hours of almost continuous downpours.
Controllers received almost 200 calls between midnight and 8am - almost all from residents worried about flooding.
A spokeswoman said most of the calls were from the Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham areas.

ITV News - Weekend wash-out begins with floods
itv calendar website with severe weather.
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and also these off of
midlands weather forum

[Ben Taylor]

Thunderstorm's just got going over the midlands. Scattered occasional strikes from various other places around the UK also. Gonna be a good afternoon for some!

[flowergirl]

the rains been stopped for about half hour/hour. the suns trying to get out....bad light!!!
argh i'm melting!

[mdj]

I work on the railway in Manchester. Trains were delayed yesterday afternoon and evening due to flooding (at Kenilworth and Tamworth) and also due to high winds blowing trees onto the overhead power lines at Congleton (where a transformer blew) and at Goostrey (near Holmes Chapel). Spoke to one of the drivers who brought a service up from Euston who said that the rain was so heavy that visibility was down to a few yards.

The sun's out at the moment here in Heaton Chapel. What's the odds on surface heating to give storms that extra 'pep' ? Plus the Met Office has given advice of possible severe weather in Cheshire. I'll be at work but I'll be keeping my eyes open.

[netrailstorm]

I work on the railway at Nuneaton ... just about getting sorted now , Tamworth was down to the water running of the roads !! Been a nice morning but its now clouding up big time and becoming windy so would expect somethin soon .

[shar.x]

Day Time Temp Speed Dir CAPE LI Rain Cloud Speed Dir
Fri 12:00 18 °c 5 mph 470 j/kg -2 V Light 50 % 11 mph
Fri 15:00 19 °c 4 mph 698 j/kg -4 V Light 54 % 10 mph
Fri 18:00 19 °c 1 mph 731 j/kg -3 V Light 64 % 11 mph
Fri 21:00 17 °c 2 mph 369 j/kg

hi all, just got these readings for boston , where i am.

the clouds really starting to build, and it's very humid, fingers crossed for some developing storms soon.

my son won't be happy, it's his birthday today, and he doesn't like thunder, :o

[shar.x]

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[netrailstorm]

Nuneaton here !! heavy rain moving northwars to wards Tamworth , Burton on Trent area accompanied by small amount of thunder and lightning

[locneverstop]

ah can someone please remove my new topic, didnt see this.

I'm 5 miles out from Brum, and we're getting hammered.
The lightning is really intense, i've counted 5 strikes in the last minute.
As mentioned in my previous post, I may also have spotted a funnel cloud, it's definitely rotating.
Sky is a horrible browny/green colour.
I'm so excited ha ha!

[shar.x]

loc, just replied on your other post, try and get some pics, plz

[locneverstop]

will do, got a really bad camera but will try my best:D
Batteries, batteries...

[locneverstop]

storm was escaping me as i found my camera, but i got some decent photos
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[kittz]

LOC where about was you, to the north of me i seen all that really mucky green brown, was'nt it just got in was caught out in the 3pm pummeling we've just had, really impressive cloud to ground, all around us!

looks like possible tornado development loc, right conditions, torro issued a warning.

I've got pics of the build up to this afternoon.
will post them

Well i am now soaked and nursing a throbbing headache, was pretty intense especially when you have to stand outside waiting to pick up the kids! only wish i'd took the camera out with me!

kittz

[shar.x]

loc...., those photos are great, the sky's colour and definition is fantastic., i'm still waiting here over on the east coast, the clouds are becoming more organised, and the rain is trying to start.