Buzz·Posted on 18 Jul 2014There Were Epic Thunderstorms Across The UK Last Night And Everyone Lost Their Minds"What was THAT???"by Richard JamesBuzzFeed News Reporter, UKLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail Parts of the UK experienced incredible thunder and lightning in the early hours of Friday morning. There were apparently more than 3,000 lightning flashes in just two hours. BBC Weather @bbcweather Had a sleepless night? Over 3000 lightning flashes have been recorded across the UK & IRE in the last 2hrs alone. MT Fri Jul 18 05:26:42 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite And the results were incredible. Lewis H Pinder @unclepindy There's a little #storm going on at #fistral beach in #newquay right now… #lightning #pewpew #thunder #ouch 09:41 PM - 17 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite View this video on YouTube youtube.com MPS Helicopters @MPSinthesky Here's a snap from India-99 taken as the current storm approaches London #lightning 02:07 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite MPS Helicopters @MPSinthesky And here folks is why we are currently on the ground!! #SummerStorm 02:47 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite MPS Helicopters @MPSinthesky Here's another pic of the lightning storm overhead as it moves N.E toward Essex and East Anglia... 04:07 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Alex Lawrence @The_Whitewall #brighton #storm #lightning #sussex going to try get back to sleep now... 01:04 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite View this vine on Vine vine.co Some people were pretty scared by it all. Jennifer Porrett @fenifur Could've got some awesome photos of #thunderandlightning last night...if I hadn't been hiding in the hallway after it struck near our house! Fri Jul 18 07:13:38 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Annabel Preacher @annabelpreacher Just got woken by the LOUDEST thunder storm I have ever heard! Scared the living daylights out of me! #thunderandlightning #london 04:02 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Nicky kelly pike @miss_nicky1 Got a full bed... 1st the dog now 2 children. Sorry no room at the inn #thunderandlightning 02:24 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Mikey Barrett @mikeybarrett_ Home alone and slightly pooping my pants! #thunderandlightning ⚡️⚡️⚡️ 01:06 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Louise @Tokyo_Louise #thunderandlightning here! Absolutely amazing and scary. Really scary on your own actually... ⚡️☔️⚡️ 01:14 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Čhloē Dickēns @dickens_chloe Think this is the one time that's acceptable for spooning. #thunderandlightning # 12:39 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Some woke up very tired as a result. Lily Pebbles @lilypebbles I am SO tired. Spent all night comforting my freaked out dog who was hyperventilating #storm Fri Jul 18 07:25:42 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite And didn't want to go to work. AliQuack @AliQuack Is "I have to stay in bed because if I get up I'll be hit by lightening" a valid excuse not to go to work? #storm #London Fri Jul 18 04:07:47 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Corrina @reaniecat I feel today is going to be very unproductive for a lot of people and companies. Let's all have a day off! #tired #storm 05:56 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Amazingly, some people managed to sleep through the whole thing. Alex Hyde @alexhyde23 Slept like a baby last night, didn't hear a thing #storm ⚡️⚡️⚡️☔️ Fri Jul 18 07:29:02 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Da Big Dog @JamesThurgar Am I the only one who slept through the thunder? 07:05 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite ℒuke ☯ @lkwrnr Apparently I slept through huge thunder and lightning storms in #Cheltenham then. According to my timeline it was very impressive. Oh. 07:30 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Amy Lau @yumm3i Totally slept through the thunder and lightning last night 08:07 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Sanoobar Patel @Sanoobar Slept through the #thunderandlightning and its set to be a hot one today. Stay hydrated if you can :) 06:43 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite But mainly we all did what we always do when something incredible happens, we made jokes on Twitter: Steve May @SteveMay_UK I think we now know what the Odinson thinks of Marvel’s plans for #Thor #thunderandlightning Fri Jul 18 07:14:11 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Cynikal @CynikalMusic British weather is directly linked to Kanye's mood. He's pissed right now. #Storm 02:17 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Cynikal @CynikalMusic British weather is directly linked to Kanye's mood. He's pissed right now. #Storm 02:17 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Donald H Taylor @DonaldHTaylor What an idiot! There I was trying to get to sleep when I should have been watching the #thunderandlightning like everyone else on Twitter! 06:44 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite from desk till dawn @fromdesktildawn Well, twitter is an enabler for us Brits to talk about our favourite thing even when most people are sleeping. The weather. #storm 01:59 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Matthew Lapinskas @mattylapinskas Not going to lie amazing views from my bed right now! Need some pop corn! This is amazing! #thunderandlightning 01:11 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Tom Armstrong @tomdisco Taken outside my window at 5am 07:41 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Nesta @NestaMcG Somewhere right now is a dude called Noah and he's building a massive wooden boat. How must he feel. #thunderandlightning 02:23 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Jade. @JadeusJames Shouldn't have left my washing outside tonight then.. #thunderandlightning 11:52 PM - 17 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Tropical Lizard @TayoAndrews This #thunderandlightning has made me think... is this the real life? is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide no escape from reality 01:49 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Ash Minter @AshMinter Either Harry Potter Is Having Another Fight Scene In The Sky Or Thor Is Coming Down ⚡️⚡️ #thunder #thunderandlightning 12:56 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Chris Cox @coxness #Storm tweeters: It’s lightning not lightening, unless you’ve seen weather so fierce it actually removed colour from objects. Fri Jul 18 07:09:23 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Felicity Morse @FelicityMorse Mad scenes outside my window this morning #thunderandlightning 07:05 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Well done, everyone. Tom Thorp @Tom_Thorp Beat this #thunderandlightning Fri Jul 18 01:53:01 UTC+0000 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite James Collins-C @JamesCollinsC Got some great shots of the lighting storm hitting london Pretty sure it made something explode #thunderandlightning 01:44 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Greg @gregstorm17 #Storm in #Brighton overnight 06:40 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Alex May @bigfug Insane lightning #storm over #Brighton Marina 01:16 AM - 18 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite View this photo on Instagram View this photo on Instagram