This was the dramatic scene on the day the Met Office warned of severe rain.

The funnel cloud was seen from Whitfield sticking out of a mass of black cloud.

Resident Emma Jane photographed it just before noon today.

There were also sightings from Barham and over Adisham Water Tower and Deal.

But it is not clear if this is the same one, moving and seen long distance from different directions.

A yellow weather warning of heavy showers is in place until 4pm, with fears of 15 to 20 millimetres of rainfall in an hour.

Rain was predicted to be sustained and stemming from torrential downpours but localised.

A funnel cloud is a funnel or cone-shaped cloud of condensed water droplets associated with a rotating column of wind and sticking out from a main cloud.

They form most frequently out of thunderstorms.

If a funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado but that rarely happens and there have been no reports of tornadoes today.