Quoting from message
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posted on 16 Jul 2007 by Tudor Hughes
I would like to add:

Well said. Everybody on this group, and quite a good
proportion of the general population, knows that areas that
experience torrential rain during a thundery outbreak are a small
fraction of the total area. All the forecasters can do is say "There
will be thunderstorms. If you are unlucky ( lucky?) enough to catch
one it may well be quite severe". There have been thunderstorms.
Down the pub tonight I was told of hail and torrential rain locally
yet I, 7 miles away, had no precipitation at all even though there was
quite a lot of thundery activity. It's true that the Met Office does
overdo the Severe Weather Warnings but they got this one right, at
least for the SE.

Yebbut this area was scheduled for substantial precipitation during
the late afternoon/evening/night and we haven't had any yet (02.47.
BST).

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