Wednesday brought a barrage of severe storms that bombarded New England with heavy rain, thunder, lightning and even hail! Here’s 5 great shots of lightning strikes from Boston, Stoneham, and Providence.

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Lightning capture as the storms rolled in this aft.... http://t.co/Ni08YM3n

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  (@NRIFirePhotos) July 18, 2012

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Lightning over Pine St. in #Stoneham. @StonehamPatch @UniversalHub http://t.co/mmyNKKlW

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Sarah Nelson (@CelestialAxis) July 18, 2012

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lightning over Providence today @NBC10 http://t.co/KEKsKA9x

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Downcity Hawk (@downcityhawk) July 18, 2012

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Lightning http://t.co/0vWdjG2F

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Chris Aversa (@ChrisAversa) July 19, 2012

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Storm hitting Boston. View from 53 State. @bostontweet @BostonDotCom http://t.co/CzabDdN6

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Jaime Zozula (@JZozula) July 18, 2012

BONUS: Here’s a couple pics of golf ball-sized hail from the storms yesterday.

Hail from today's storm in Swampscott. @salemnews http://t.co/dgZZS4GG

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Ethan Forman (@DanverSalemNews) July 18, 2012

Hail from the storm that just rolled through Lynn. Tornados a-coming? http://t.co/Ny24KAH2

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Michael Bird (@mdlbird) July 18, 2012