The skies above Bradford were lit up as storms hit the district shortly before midnight last night. 

There were also reports of giant hailstones falling in Keighley and Halifax.

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"While watching an excellent thunder and lightning storm, a giant hail storm broke loose for around five minutes showing no mercy on the roofs of cars," said reader Danny Tillotson (pictured below), from Keighley.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Giant Hail Stones, Keighley, W. Yorks.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Giant Hail Stones, Keighley, W. Yorks.

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Paul Dobson from Keighley sent us this picture, below, to demonstrate the scale of the huge hailstones that fell - around 4cm!

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Graham Carr, from Oakworth, Keighley, sent this picture, below, of hailstones - "some the size of golf balls" - that fell at around 11.30pm last night.

"At its peak there were around 70 to 80 lightning strikes per minute, and trees were stripped of leaves and small branches. My car took the brunt of it with many minor dents on the roof and bonnet," he said.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Giant hail from storm last night

"Ice balls fell from sky last night during the thunder in Halifax," said Telegraph & Argus reader Adeel Rehman, from Wyke, who sent in this picture, below.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Ice Balls Fall From Sky Last Night

Many Telegraph & Argus readers also captured pictures of the lightning in the skies above the district.

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Paul Wadsworth has sent us these pictures of the view from his balcony last night in Saltaire. "There was lightning every second, but no thunder," he said. "It was really eerie."

 

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Reader Paul Crossley sent this photo of a lightning strike above Keighley Tarn

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"Best thunderstorm I've witnessed," said Alan Taylor, who took this picture in Bingley

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Joanne Thompson took this picture as the storm lit up the skies over Birkenshaw

This video was posted on YouTube last night by user Gareth Angel

 

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Clarissa Dibb captured the lightning over Thornton - "Exciting!"

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Picture by Numaan Malik, Bradford

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Lightning over Leeds Liverpool Canal at Crossflatts. Picture by Simon Foster

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@broadfordbrewer sent us these pictures of the storm over Shipley

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This dramatic picture was captured by Vaughan Jackson

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Lucy Allison captured this fork of lightning between the clouds over Bradford

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Picture by Sarah Zareen, Bradford