"Nigel Paice" wrote in message
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A colossal 22.6mm of rain has now dropped into my rain gauge of
which 11.5mm fell in the 8 minute spell 1510-1518Z. The intensity
of this deluge has eased to heavy! The previous highest daily fall of
the year of 22.0mm on 29 March has already been exceeded in the
last 40 minutes! Localised flooding reported but no details yet.
At 1450Z, the cloud to the southeast looked to have little rain falling
out of it as the sky was clearly visible behind it, but quite quickly this
view was screened off by the sudden rain shafts, almost having the
appearance of a microburst.

Update at 1630Z:
Rainfall total for today so far in Romsey has increased to 24.4mm but
thankfully, the shower is currently slight and showing signs of stopping.
Water is no longer cascading like waterfalls off rooves and guttering.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire).