Cloudburst
- 3 July 2009 09:2624908It announced itself just after midnight here in central Dover with a thunderclap which almost shocked me out of bed, and last night's deluge was underway.
I can't recall the last time I saw rain that heavy - against my window it was not a collection of raindrops but a solid jet, quite literally as if a fire hose had been turned on it.
The last time I saw rain anywhere near that heavy was in the infamous July 04 downpour. Last night's rain lasted nowhere near as long, but must have been more intense.
Any flooding? - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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3 July 2009 09:3024909york street roundabout snargate street end both sides due to permatly blocked drains. - 3 July 2009 09:5424915Yes one heck of a cloudburst last night. The cracks of thunder were so loud overhead that Im sure my sofa jumped with the vibration. I was engaged in intellectual pursuit at the time watching Rambo!! but I managed to drag the weary bones off the sofa and unplug the computer and all peripheral bits as I believe thats what your are supposed to do. I wonder if anyone got any photos. The display of lightning over the channel was fearsome. It was a bit misty though. Ive tried quite a few times to get lightning pictures but never manage it. Remeber we had a great one from Scotchie a few years back which showed lightning off Deal.email: dover7@msn.com
- 3 July 2009 10:2124918Hah! We got one rumble of thunder here, and about fifteen minutes of rain, most of which was gentle.
Story of our lives - even the buddleias are wilting here, in the heat, and once your buddleias droop you know you're in trouble!
Though - maybe we got off lightly. A little mickybird tells me that someone known to us all has no electricity this morning, owing to the storm.The Dover War Memorial Project
www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk - 3 July 2009 10:5324919You are so lucky to have had some rain, we haven't seen a drop for around 2 weeks and the humidity here is awful.
- 3 July 2009 11:0124920Yuk! Poor you. I was going a bit potty (well, more potty than usual!) yesterday, with the heat, which just wouldn't let up. It is at least slightly cooler here today.
How on earth they cope playing tennis at Wimbledon I really don't know!The Dover War Memorial Project
www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk - 4 July 2009 20:2824979I was in Maaidstone fior 3 days and no breeze, it was horrid.
thunder started at midnight