Here's today's 12z storm watch update;

http://www.gavsweathervids.com/stormwatch.html

North Mids and Northern Engand in the firing line.

Pleasantly warm and quite sunny here. This mornings' storm largely passed to the east of here as well. There was some thunder'lightning and moderate rain for a while but nothing of note.

As I look east to the Pennines Alphin Pike and Black Hill on Saddleworth moor are not visible and there is frequent lightning over there, not great for hill walking!

Just popped outside for a while, and I can hear a constant rumbling of distant thunder - very eerie.  No lightning seen as yet but it's getting increasingly dark and feels very humid.

Constant thunder, which is very loud at times for over half an hour with lightning and heavy rain.  Our Sky box went off and then we had a power cut.  Both are back on now and the rain is easing but we still have the constant thunder and flashes.  Hubby suggests this must be a record length of thunder.  This is exciting stuff!! 

What are the odds for activity in Stoke again this evening? Sky seems very ominous but everything is over Nottingham etc. Back to this mornings storm and the 15 minutes or so I was awake for it were tremendous. The gun shot thunder woke us up as we had the windows open and my first response was 'I best let the cat in!'. The rain was monsoon for a period. I'm intrigued at what time it kicked off as I only awoke about 5.45.

We've had thunder and lightning since about 9pm yesterday, except for a couple of hours this afternoon when the sun came out and it got very warm.  This current spell has just been constant but it is brightening up a little in the West now, so it is moving over.

I think that's it for here today, unless I get another wake up call later tonight  they must be moving away from this side of Pennines too as I can see the summits now....

Can still hear a constant rumbling of thunder from your storm.  Seems to be taking ages to come this way - if it ever does!

Looking nasty to the NE across parts of East Nottinghamshire!

I can hear the thunder from that direction.

This thunder has been constant for at least an hour.  We have some very odd cloud movement now too.  A very dark upper layer is slowly moving North East and there is now a much quicker moving lower layer heading in a Westerly direction. 

It's stickier than an upturned peice of jam on toast.. cant bear it any more. who do i have to see about a thunderstorm tonight?????

East Midlands weather warning about more thundery downpours by the weekend.

I thought it was dying down but it's intensifying again.  Is it possible we're propogating our own storms?  Or has the wind changed direction because it seems to be coming from the South East now. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2374858/UK-weather-Heatwave-ends-bang-thunder-lightning-strike.html

Some stunning storm pictures in the Mail.

Fantastic storm last night the best in years

Some great pics that someone took around the Village

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/SLIDESHOW-Incredible-pictures-as-lightning-strikes-across-Cambridgeshire-20130723142924.htm

Well I'm glad someone got to witness them Martin, if I hadn't been at work I may have been tempted to go for a drive. The rain would have been welcome though, we didn't have a drop here all bar a minute or two which evaporated immediately it hit the ground.