Wijke wrote in message ...
:Thunderstorms developed over Southern Netherlands -- heavy hail; huge
:stones, cloudburst up to 140 mm/h. And all the damage that goed with this
:sort of weather. Will try to get some pictures later.

Small photo here http://www.vwkweb.nl/ Scroll down and click on the link
"Noodweer in Zuid Nederland" (severe weather in the south of the
Netherlands) in the top light blue box.

Location is Eijsden near Maastricht in South Limburg in the far SE of the
Netherlands.

A severe storm hit the Maastricht area between 17.00 and 17.45 local time
today (Friday). Police and fire brigade received over 100 reports of
lightning strikes, flooded basements and streets, fallen trees and displaced
manhole covers. Hailstones the size of pigeons' eggs fell and some streets
were 30 cm deep in water after the storm. In the nearby Voeren area of
Belgium greenhouses were damaged by hailstones up to 3 cm across.

In the Brabant area (south of the Netherlands near the border with Belgium)
there were many lightning strikes and manhole covers were forced up by heavy
rain. In Eindhoven a cinema was evacuated when the roof threatened to
collapse. Cars were trapped by floodwater in road tunnels by Eindhoven
station. http://frags-palace.com/Eindhoven/

Hailstones 5 cm across were observed at Bergeijk in North Brabant
http://noodweer.aliebergsma.nl/index.../slide0001.htm

Colin Youngs
Brussels