ˌɔn twˈɛnti nˈaɪn ˈeɪpɹəl tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹtiːn, ˈaɪwɪtnəsᵻz ɪn jˈeɪtli dᵻskɹˈaɪbd ðɪ ˈɛɹiə bˌiːɪŋ lˈɪt ˌʌp ˈɪn "blˈaɪndɪŋ wˈaɪt" bᵻfˈoːɹ ðə "lˈaʊdɪst θˈʌndɚ" ðeɪ hæd ˈɛvɚ hˈɜːd.
On 29 April 2014, eyewitnesses in Yateley described the area being lit up in "blinding white" before the "loudest thunder" they had ever heard.