On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 at 19:56:13, "Keith(Southend)"
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

Keith(Southend) wrote:
Storm @ 3 pm today and now another one just to our north as I write.
4.8mm of rain today (so far).

6.8mm in about half an hour, that brings todays total to 11.6mm
Lots of thunderbolts and also hail.

One thunder shower yesterday, late morning - but it didn't turn thundery
until after it had passed over.
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)