Mmm, interesting.

Something forming in situ here.  Now experiencing heavy rain to the west of the main rain area.

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convection starting to build now, perhaps something more interesting over the next few hours

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Just a few distant flashes seen between 1 and 3.30am BST, a couple of intense power-shower type events during this time.  

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Hi John!

And as if by magic, it's now raining - and properly too. The lawn will certainly appreciate it.

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Hi Ian! The radar looks busy over your way! You seem to be close to the centre of the low's circulation atm! Close, but no cigar here last night, thunder-wise! One or two single cells were scattered around near here for a time. The intensity of the rain was noteable - quite noisy as it hit the adjacent woodland and you could hear it approaching!

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hi everyone i stay up untill 5am waiting for the lightling display but nothing but this morning at 10am i heard the first thunder well i think was thunder because a plane was flying over at the time oh well a another let down . we got heavy rain on and of since 1am.

Torrential rain in Brentwood for about an hour now and what am I doing...........fishing

Weak sun here and dry. Perfect for the BBQ I just cooked for the other half's crew. I put the dividing line at Newbury to Chichester in my forecast yesterday and it looks pretty good just now.
Off now to listen to the Blues beat Mansfield away with a rum and coke and some chilli peanuts. Lovely!

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Things deteriorating in this part of the world. Main A127 London arterial closed at Basildon, Southend sea front flooded. Many roads have water across the road and cars having to go on pavements to get through. Wife and son stuck out there on the 127. Taken 1 hour to do 100 yards. Garden going under water as I type.

looks pretty bad in Essex

not over yet

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Heaviest sustained rain for the 22 years I've been in my place. Half the back garden now submerged, and the lying water across the front of the house, never seen that.

Certainly some big rainfall totals building.

 

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=IESSEXCA2

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Essex weather centre tweeting about no trains and roads closed at southend. 50mm recorded since midnight.

I've been getting the same area of rain as South End and it has been pouring down non-stop for hours.

Been mad in the last hour. The water had nowhere to go and started backing down streets. Back garden totally submerged with wood floating. Just helped a neighbour lift a manhole to try and pump some water away and its brim full. Neighbour also said can't use toilets etc as water backed up. Still raining and don't think we are done yet.

Been a cool dull overcast day here but no rain during daylight hours.

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Over here, it does seem that my locaton has been avoiding most of the heavy rain as it has been generally overcast with sporadic spells of moderate type rain all day but nothing too bad.
   All in all, I have collected a modest 8.7 mm since the early hours of this morning. Not amazing stuff but the lawn will appreciate it all the same. A Tesco-type affair - as in Every Little Helps.
  But to NAE's favour, the whole thing went along as per modelled by that particular output anyway.

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Perhaps an amber warning should have been issued

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its been raining non stop for 24hours 35ml and still raining

Evidently not that heavy then.

Its been as dry as my humour just along the coast from you.

Another 10 mm has fallen during the night. All in all, 19 mm has fallen in the past 24 hours for my location, not an amaaaazing record breaking amount but the lawn will appreciate it very much all the same. 👍 I wonder what is the official measurements in the more badly affected areas (eg, Southend) anyway.

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Indeed - Shades of the Bournemouth fiasco

Has there been any thunder in Essex and the SE yesterday?

i olny heard one rumble of thunder that it very sad indeed .

57.9 mm at Shoeburyness quoted in the Radio 4 forecast this morning

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