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, across parts of South East England. Significant weather event • 17 people killed along with 4 horses • 159 flashes of sheet or fork lightning in a 15 minute period around 17.30 recorded at Epsom • Hail 1½ to 2 inches in diameter fell at Sutton • Landslides closed both the Great Western Railway at Park

& Hail, Thunderstorm & Squall, Squall, Thunderstorm & Hail & Squall) Hail Freezing Precipitation (liquid precipitation freezing in contact with hard surfaces) Temperature Inversion (an increase in air temperature of 10C or more in the lowest 1000ft) All warnings are provided in a standardised text

brings the possibility of some of those showers turning heavy and thundery, possibly with hail. Some of these showers will be slow-moving so that could increase local impacts with rainfall totals reaching 30mm or more in isolated locations.  In the heaviest showers these could be accompanied by hail

, also developing across the north from lunchtime then spreading south through the day, falling as sleet, hail or snow in the north, but these showers died away in some areas towards evening. The 7th was mainly bright or sunny, though cloudier in the West Midlands and the south-west, with scattered

) 11 Drizzle 12 Light rain 13 Heavy rain shower (Night) 14 Heavy rain shower (Day) 15 Heavy Rain 16 Sleet shower (Night) 17 Sleet shower (Day) 18 Sleet 19 Hail shower (Night) 20 Hail shower (Day) 21 Hail 22 Light snow shower (Night) 23 Light snow shower (Day) 24 Light snow 25 Heavy snow shower (Night

shower (Day) 15 Heavy Rain 16 Sleet shower (Night) 17 Sleet shower (Day) 18 Sleet 19 Hail shower (Night) 20 Hail shower (Day) 21 Hail 22 Light snow shower (Night) 23 Light snow shower (Day) 24 Light snow 25 Heavy snow shower (Night) 26 Heavy snow shower (Day) 27 Heavy snow 28 Thundery shower (Night

Heavy rain shower (Night) 14 Heavy rain shower (Day) 15 Heavy Rain 16 Sleet shower (Night) 17 Sleet shower (Day) 18 Sleet 19 Hail shower (Night) 20 Hail shower (Day) 21 Hail 22 Light snow shower (Night) 23 Light snow shower (Day) 24 Light snow 25 Heavy snow shower (Night) 26 Heavy snow shower (Day) 27

) Medium-level cloud 8 (Black) Low-level cloud 9 Light rain shower (Night) 10 Light rain shower (Day) 11 Drizzle 12 Light rain 13 Heavy rain shower (Night) 14 Heavy rain shower (Day) 15 Heavy Rain 16 Sleet shower (Night) 17 Sleet shower (Day) 18 Sleet 19 Hail shower (Night) 20 Hail shower (Day) 21

, brighter, colder weather moved into western Scotland and Northern Ireland with sunshine and a few rain and hail showers. During the afternoon, brighter weather spread to the rest of Scotland and parts of northern England. Showers turned increasingly wintry in the north, with a mixture of hail, sleet

Thunderstorms are bringing torrential rain, frequent lightning and some hail to parts of the UK this Bank Holiday weekend.

Thunderstorms are bringing torrential rain, frequent lightning and some hail to parts of the UK this Bank Holiday weekend.  A number of National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued for rain, both Amber and Yellow warnings. Some of the heaviest thunderstorms have brought as much as 30 mm