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Leinster flooding - 24th October 2011

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  • 24-10-2011 10:59am
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    ninebeanrows
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    Latest models have nailed on that an intense period of rain will impact eastern districts today. Rain has already started falling and will intensify throughout the day and turn torrential between 3 and 9pm.

    Mountainous areas will receive up to 100mm of rainfall. While even low level areas reaching 70/80mm.

    With such excessive rainfall totals, local flooding is inevitable.

    The rush hour drive home this evening in the Dublin Region will not be fun.

    Stayed tuned to forecasts and keep an eye on the radar.

    @ http://www.met.ie/latest/rainfall_radar.asp

    and satellite

    @ http://www.sat24.com/gb

    Take care.
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    Tom Cruises Left Nut
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    I hope the train can float :eek:


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    #3
    Iancar29
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    Got up just before the rain had started again , my station got 20mm, not great i know but its kinda sheltered in so i kinda amp that up in my own head to about 25mm :)

    Decided to cycle down to the local river with the dog to try get a b4 after shot.
    So ye ,

    heres the before...

    293302_10150435596556718_631736717_10914398_305077826_n.jpg
    I took this from the road where which the river goes under ,
    I remember back in 2006 the river flooding out over ON the road! ha


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    DOCARCH
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    Up to midnight last night I had 43.1mm. Steady light rain here now again. 1.8mm so far today (including 1.4mm after midnight last night).

    Could be a very large 48hr total by the end of it all!


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    Vizual Pics
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    Apologies, I hadnt spotted that the other thread was closed, trying to check screens at work isnt easy, have deleted my original post regarding issue.


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    amacachi
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    Radar says there's been heavy rain here for the last few hours but there's barely a drizzle.


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    cherryghost
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    Just light rain here. Nothing like the deluge yesterday. Won't be getting much here I guess.


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    #8
    patneve2
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    Serious rain in Dalkey (Co. Dublin), really coming down now.


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    Mr Benevolent
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    Nothing major in Santry. Bit of a fizzle. Although if it continues this steady for hours there'll be flooding.


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    delw
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    heavy enough rain here now


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    #11
    DOCARCH
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    Steady rain here for the last hour or two. 6.6mm so far.


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    sparrowcar
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    Confab wrote: »
    Nothing major in Santry. Bit of a fizzle.

    It's localized so cause it's bucketing down here in the airport :)


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    Not
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    Moderate rain in south Meath for about 2 hours with some short heavier spells, seems to be easing off a bit now.


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    DOCARCH
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    Rainfall total between today and yesterday has now reached 51.1mm or just over 2 inches in old money.


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    dexter647
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    Light to moderate rainfall here in laois atm.


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    Mothman
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    I had earlier thought I'd get 40mm today.
    I now think it may far exceed this!

    Nearly 20mm today, 11mm past hour.

    I think it'll be wettest day in my 10 year record.
    47mm to beat.

    recorded 28.1mm yesterday.

    Ground was so dry that it is so far soaking this up, but leaves on roads is causing significant floods


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    200motels
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    It's been raining hard here in Waterford city for the past 4 hours.


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    thebaz
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    i dont believe it has stopped raining in dublin for 48 hours - truly horrible and grey


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    Pigeon Reaper
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    Still Raining moderately in Citywest. The ground now appears saturated and some surface overflowing is appearing.


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    Cionád
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    3hr forecast looks ominous

    3hr-rain.gif


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    Monkaa
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭Monkaa


    Its been raining relentlessly the past few hours but its just literally gotten very monsoon heavy in the past minute or two! No wind


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    Elmer Blooker
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    21mm yesterday and 11mm so far today.
    Rain quite heavy at the moment.


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    DOCARCH
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    Getting the heavier stuff here now. Got a rain rate of 45mm/hr a few minutes ago. Rain total since midnight now up to 13.8mm.


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    Min
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    5.6mm on Saturday
    29.4mm yesterday.
    5.4mm so far today.


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    mickger844posts
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    28.2mm yesterday and 9mm so far today. Rain rate not that high today.

    www.waterfordcityweather.com


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    thomasj
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    Dublin city centre has just got a deluge extremely heavy!


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    #27
    DOCARCH
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    Certainly looks like the front decided not to take the offshore route! :pac:

    Rain getting progressivly heavier all the time without a breath of wind to move it on.

    16.2mm now since midnight.


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    #28
    Derfil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 456 ✭✭Derfil


    Steady rain most of the morning but in the last couple of hours its changed to a torrent. lots of surface water.


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    #29
    dublinhead
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    Its time to start building an Arc!:)


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    #30
    DominoDub
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    Just judging the intensity of the rain today by my abillity to see the tall Google Building from a high vantage point in D4 ... It has been totally obsured out by Rain for the last 30mins of heavy rain.


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    DOCARCH
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    Very dark now. Rain getting heavier. 21.2mm of rain since midnight.

    Total now between yesterday and today of 64.3mm.


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