Residents in the Warwick area spoke of the thunder causing houses to shake, a lightning strike brought a tree down onto the railway near Banbury stopping all trains on the Chiltern main line and a cricket pavilion in Banbury burnt down, reportedly following a lightning strike. Reader Sarah Panther took the photo here from the passenger seat of a car travelling on the M40 near Banbury showing the dramatic lightning strikes and reported golf ball-sized hailstones as the storm raged around. - See more at:
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