Impressive thunderstorms are storming across Northland today with plenty of lightning strikes.
The map above looks likes like Northland has had a massive sprinkling of confetti. But in fact each dot represents a lightning strike.
Red dots represents strikes between 12-1pm; orange 11am-12pm; green10-11am; blue 9-10am; purple 8-9am and pink 7-8am.
The latest severe thunderstorm warning issued by Metservice at 1.28pm was for residents in Kaipara, Far North and Whangarei areas.
At 1:15 pm the MetService weather radar detected severe thunderstorms near Kaikohe, Kerikeri, Okaihau, Punakitere and Puketi Forest.