Unexpected thunderstorm!

Just before this thunderstorm, most of the lightning was not really visible because it was cloud to cloud lightning above the cloud base. This makes it a bit unsettling especially when you can hear it rumbling directly over head. There could be a close ground strike at any second! In the picture below is a bit of a bit of cloud to cloud lightning. Unfortunately when the rain really came down, it cam down in buckets! It was raining so hard it was impossible to film any more lightning. You could not even open a window to peek through without getting the camcorder wet from the rain.The picture below shows a bit of hail coming down. Luckily it was small hale stones because the cars were outside. There were later reports that some had 30 centimeters of hail. Of course this can cause damage to flat roof houses because of the weight!



This is when it was really coming down, we had 52.5 mm in about 40 minutes. There was plenty of lightning activity during this time, but there was just no way to film any of it without getting soaked or possibly struck. The visibility was pretty low as seen in the picture above.

52.5 mm in approx 40 minutes! Bring it on!