On Mar 19, 5:23�pm, "Nigel Paice" wrote:
Crack of thunder at 1710Z immediately followed
by a moderate fall of large white hail, with many
stones in excess of 10mm. *Largest irregular
shaped stone was painfully measured at 13mm
diameter. *(present weather TSGR).

Odd. I live in Stoke on Trent -quite a bit away and thought I heard
that crack of doom too.

It sounded a little odd fo thunder but all else seemed to fit and it
was followed immediately by an heavy shower of what must have been
hail. I thought it was more snow atr the time but realise now it fell
too thick and fast for that.

Perhaps it was some distance away or maybe muffled by height?