Hail and thunder pounded parts of southern Manitoba and forked lightning flashed in the sky like "disco lights" as a series of summer storms roared through Wednesday overnight into Thursday.

"Many people in the city are probably groggy-eyed waking up this morning, talking about [their lack of sleep]. We definitely had a lot of rain last night, hours and hours of lightning and thunder," said Environment Canada meteorologist Crawford Luke.

"These storms basically just kept reforming and reforming a…