Date: 10-05-1999
Time: 16:30 BST
Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire UK
Type: Compact Multicell
Documented by: Mark Seltzer
Equipment: Samsung VP-H65 Video Camera
Footage Quality: VHS

Storm Statistics: T0023.doc
Event Timeline: T0023events.xls

This storm was a quickly developing storm amongst a cluster of convectional cells that swept over rapidly during the day with a trough-line. It gave about 7 discharges in the local area and a good hail shower over Macclesfield that lasted 2 minutes. The parent low-pressure system associated with these cells was the same that produced T0022 a few days ago. It was fairly windy with high instability in the atmosphere.

The hail ranged between 5 and 7 millimetres in diameter.

The thunderhead development seen as it left the area over the Pennines was amazing with strong nuke-style mushrooming at the rear end of the storm which was very photogenic.

DUNDEE SATELLITE IMAGES (CREDITS)
VISIBLE 10.05.1999 14:18
INFRARED 10.05.1999 14:18
COLOUR 10.05.1999 14:18

VISIBLE 10.05.1999 19:23
INFRARED 10.05.1999 19:23
COLOUR 10.05.1999 19:23