Rainfall Warning for South East - Thursday, December 3rd

WheatenBriar · 03-12-2015 4:07pm

RobertKK wrote: »

North of Kilkenny city. 220M asl.
Rain: 26mm
Temperature 3.4C down 1.3C in past hour.
Wind chill -1.1C.
Humidity 98%
Dew point 3.1C.

31mm here near Arklow and rising
Some fierce heavy,then light
Looks from radar,area of mist rain is going to be Midlands /east/Dublin not the south East?

WheatenBriar · 03-12-2015 4:10pm

RobertKK wrote: »

North of Kilkenny city. 220M asl.
Rain: 26mm
Temperature 3.4C down 1.3C in past hour.
Wind chill -1.1C.
Humidity 98%
Dew point 3.1C.

Just seen your temp :eek: its still 11.7c here
Some contrast!

fleet_admiral · 03-12-2015 4:13pm

Parts of the Terenure road north were flooded at 12 today, I dread to think what its like now. Im in work in an hour in Harolds Cross, dreading that walk

mickger844posts · 03-12-2015 4:15pm

5 year station record broken in Waterford City with 50.5mm recorded so far. Flooding widespread across the city.

www.waterfordcityweather.com

Speak Now · 03-12-2015 4:16pm

mickger844posts wrote: »

42.4mm now. A five year station record of 50mm from 6/7/2015 surely will be broken.

50.8mm now!

RobertKK · 03-12-2015 4:19pm

WheatenBriar wrote: »

Just seen your temp :eek: its still 11.7c here
Some contrast!

Yes that is big, now it is 2.8C.
Down lower in warmer Kilkenny city it is 4.2C.

Villain · 03-12-2015 4:34pm

Met Eireann got this warning badly wrong by leaving Waterford out and the amounts were too low also.

RobertKK · 03-12-2015 4:40pm

Villain wrote: »

Met Eireann got this warning badly wrong by leaving Waterford out and the amounts were too low also.

This is what they said at 6am today:
Rainfall Warning for Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford
25 to 35 mm of rain today with a risk of up to 40 mm along parts of the the south coast.

Speak Now · 03-12-2015 4:58pm

Villain wrote: »

Met Eireann got this warning badly wrong by leaving Waterford out and the amounts were too low also.

Waterford was a typo id say, it was in the updated warning. How hard is it to predict exact rainfall? 25% out at least with totals I guess.

mickger844posts · 03-12-2015 5:03pm

RobertKK wrote: »

This is what they said at 6am today:
Rainfall Warning for Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford
25 to 35 mm of rain today with a risk of up to 40 mm along parts of the the south coast.

They did eventually include Waterford but originally they didn't. I have the utmost respect for Met Eireann but to include all the neighbouring counties and not include Waterford was an error on their behalf. They did fix it but an error all the same.

moeblogs · 03-12-2015 5:08pm

Rock Lesnar · 03-12-2015 5:11pm

Site is Flooded

, worst rain iv'e seen here in 15 years

looks like im living in a moat

WheatenBriar · 03-12-2015 5:11pm

Lot of flooding around Arklow, south exit to M11 included
South end of the town is under water

maquiladora · 03-12-2015 5:15pm

mickger844posts wrote: »

They did eventually include Waterford but originally they didn't. I have the utmost respect for Met Eireann but to include all the neighbouring counties and not include Waterford was an error on their behalf. They did fix it but an error all the same.

Yes it was obviously omitted by mistake. Though I doubt it would have made much difference, most people don't pay much attention to yellow rain warnings and the regular forecast covered heavy rain for Munster anyway.
As it turns it this more of an orange warning than yellow for some areas but I remember seeing changes on each run on the HIRLAM yesterday so in fairness not easy to predict totals.

moeblogs · 03-12-2015 5:15pm

Reckless Abandonment · 03-12-2015 5:18pm

moeblogs wrote: »

Where you?

Larbre34 · 03-12-2015 5:23pm

This is worth a consult for anyone about to step into the Dublin rush hour. Quite a bit of flooding at important pinch points already which are going to cause a bit of havoc.

http://www.theaa.ie/AA/AA-Roadwatch/Dublin.aspx

Rock Lesnar · 03-12-2015 5:23pm

Well for once im gonna have a dig at ME, Meath wasnt mentioned in any warning and iv'e not seen rain like this in 15 years, not only am i flooded, but i was in navan earlier and seen water gushing up through a man hole and the boyne has burst its banks over at the home place, lucky for the parents, they're up on a hill looking down at it

looksee · 03-12-2015 5:36pm

moeblogs wrote: »

Is that Claremont across the road, where the old Waterford Glass entrance is? I can't believe it is flooded that far back, there is still a slope down to the roundabout there!

Edit: just seen the WLR summary, yes it looks as though much of Waterford is under water, including bits that are not usually flooded. Glad I am not in the rush hour traffic today.

Oneiric 3 · 03-12-2015 5:41pm

Some totals since midnight (up to 4pm). Data from met.ie via IWN.

Oak Park 36.7 mm
Johnstown Castle: 31.9 mm
Casement: 30.6 mm
Dunsany: 19.9 mm
Mullingar: 19.6 mm

moeblogs · 03-12-2015 5:52pm

looksee wrote: »

Is that Claremont across the road, where the old Waterford Glass entrance is? I can't believe it is flooded that far back, there is still a slope down to the roundabout there!

That is the entrance to the old Waterford crystal, Claremont is to the left out of shot. Someone just reported that a sinkhole has opened up on the Waterford crystal site with water pouring out .. TBC.https://www.facebook.com/100004317193016/videos/570272703126631/

pad199207 · 03-12-2015 5:53pm

unofficial station near Tallaght and Saggart recording near two inches of rain which doesn't surprise me as it was torrential there earlier for quite sometime!

maquiladora · 03-12-2015 5:58pm

pad199207 wrote: »

unofficial station near Tallaght and Saggart recording near two inches of rain which doesn't surprise me as it was torrential there earlier for quite sometime!

53.6mm on Waterfordcityweather, which seems to be a record for a 24 hour total there. Looking at the pictures, I'd believe it.

NufcNavan · 03-12-2015 6:04pm

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Well for once im gonna have a dig at ME, Meath wasnt mentioned in any warning and iv'e not seen rain like this in 15 years, not only am i flooded, but i was in navan earlier and seen water gushing up through a man hole and the boyne has burst its banks over at the home place, lucky for the parents, they're up on a hill looking down at it

I was going to say something similar.

I was surprised when I seen the thread was for the South East only. It has not stopped raining all day in Navan.

RobertKK · 03-12-2015 6:23pm

Kilkenny city 27.5mm
My station 6 miles away 27.0mm.

We seem to have been lucky.

TitianGerm · 03-12-2015 6:46pm

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

Where you?

That looks like heading into ferrybank from Waterford.

moeblogs · 03-12-2015 6:57pm

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74453949/Waterford%20Floods%202%20%281%29.mp4
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74453949/Waterford%20Floods%202%20%282%29.mp4

WheatenBriar · 03-12-2015 8:51pm

RobertKK wrote: »

Kilkenny city 27.5mm
My station 6 miles away 27.0mm.

We seem to have been lucky.

49mm here, stopped now
Lots of brooks everywhere well out into the fields,some are completely under,maybe two feet of water

Tactical · 03-12-2015 9:00pm

moeblogs wrote: »

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74453949/Waterford%20Floods%202%20%281%29.mp4

One problem in driving an urban road in these conditions is that its impossible to see any dislodged manhole covers. Driving into one may result in a vehicle becoming stranded.

Walking into one (whilst attempting to assist a stranded motorist for example) could be far more serious without using a staff to test where you will be stepping...

Nice to see some footage

alentejo · 03-12-2015 9:04pm

This event seems to have been more north than expected

Rainfall Warning for South East - Thursday, December 3rd

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