"Robin Nicholson" wrote in
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A considerable amount of thunder and quite a lot of lightning has
suddenly appeared due south of me here close to Dorchester. A very
bizarre situation- not a lot on the radar. Very heavy rain just
started. Thunder every 20 seconds or so....

Similar report to others here in Luton. Frequent, almost continuous
CC lightning, 3 or 4 cells visible at any one time, three CG strokes
from the first cell just after 0200z, single strokes, very bright,
producing very loud low-frequency thunder (i.e. bone-rattling).
A couple of brief bursts of mod-heavy rain, all over by 0300z.
As others have said, best display for a long time.

Philip Eden