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Storm Desmond - Heavy Rainfall 4/5 December 2015

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    #212
    maquiladora
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭maquiladora


    Bandon Flood Early Warning System has issued an Orange Serious flooding warning based on predictive data from the water level at Bandon Bridge.

    It's current at 1.9m. "Serious" flooding begins at 2.35m.


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    #213
    shmaupel
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    I'm wondering about the rain gauge too.
    I'm about 7-8 miles n of Finner as the crow flies bang on the coast. So far however my gauge is only reading 24mm in the 24hrs to midday. Shouldn't be such a huge discrepancy. My gauge must be faulty.......


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    #214
    Discodog
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    Definitely breaking up a bit. Just light drizzle now. I am going to walk the dogs by the sea :pac:


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    #215
    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,392 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

    this is good radar site slightly cantered on the uk though,.

    mad the line in the UK the north getting drenched and the south is bone dry.


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    #216
    yellowlabrador
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭yellowlabrador


    I'm starting to worry now, my street is slowly filling with water. The council is using tanks pulled by tractors to get rid of water but they can't keep up.


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    #217
    cherryghost
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    yellowlabrador wrote: »
    I'm starting to worry now, my street is slowly filling with water. The council is using tanks pulled by tractors to get rid of water but they can't keep up.


    Any pics?


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    #218
    Nabber
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    yellowlabrador wrote: »
    I'm starting to worry now, my street is slowly filling with water. The council is using tanks pulled by tractors to get rid of water but they can't keep up.

    Digital age. Didn't happen if there are no pics


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    #219
    yellowlabrador
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭yellowlabrador


    Nabber wrote: »
    Digital age. Didn't happen if there are no pics
    I tried but was facing a galeforce wind. I'm now soaked and so is my phone
    The drains are old and there's been talk for years that they need to be replaced. The water is coming from behind the houses where there's a ditch and a swamp


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    #220
    Villain
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    FWVT wrote: »
    24-hr rainfall up to midday today.

    370747.PNG

    Where did that image come from?


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    #221
    mayo.mick
    Registered Users Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭mayo.mick


    The river Moy just outside Swinford in Mayo is nearly breaching the 5 metre mark.

    cloonacannana%20water%20level_zpsnlctue64.jpg

    Swinford Weather



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    #222
    mirrorwall14
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    mayo.mick wrote: »
    The river Moy just outside Swinford in Mayo is nearly breaching the 5 metre mark.

    cloonacannana%20water%20level_zpsnlctue64.jpg

    **** my parents live on the banks of a tributary to the moy and when the moy floods so does it. Comparatively how high is 5m in comparison to other high water events?


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    #223
    FWVT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 922 ✭✭✭FWVT


    Villain wrote: »
    Where did that image come from?

    http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/google_nav?lang=en

    Select PRC4 in the synop line


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    #224
    Longboard
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    Bandon Flood Early Warning System has issued an Orange Serious flooding warning based on predictive data from the water level at Bandon Bridge.

    It's current at 1.9m. "Serious" flooding begins at 2.35m.

    Its now upgraded to a Red flood warning. (according to the text alert system)


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    #225
    mayo.mick
    Registered Users Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭mayo.mick


    mirrorwall14 wrote: »
    **** my parents live on the banks of a tributary to the moy and when the moy floods so does it. Comparatively how high is 5m in comparison to other high water events?

    I'm not too sure what height before it bursts the banks, I'd say its not too far off though.

    Swinford Weather



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    #226
    Discodog
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    Discodog wrote: »
    Definitely breaking up a bit. Just light drizzle now. I am going to walk the dogs by the sea :pac:

    The rain here is now light but travelling at 40 mph it really stings. The shore is covered in sea foam.


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    #227
    Baggy Trousers
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    pauldry wrote: »
    Claremorris 69.8mm
    Finner 52mm
    Knock 51mm
    Sligo 48mm

    Where are you getting these numbers please?


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    #228
    maquiladora
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    Longboard wrote: »
    Its now upgraded to a Red flood warning. (according to the text alert system)

    I see that yeah. It's at 2.01m now. Not sure enough rain fell over that area for it to get to the red warning level though.


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    #229
    ch750536
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    Feale is most flooded in the last 12 years by some way. Will post pics when I work out how to

    370756.jpg


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    #230
    pauldry
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    Baggy Trousers wrote: »
    Where are you getting these numbers please?

    Sligo is my rain gauge

    The rest are ogimet ranking website


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    #231
    mayo.mick
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    Baggy Trousers wrote: »
    Where are you getting these numbers please?

    24hr%20rain%20total%205th%20Dec%202015_zpsmzyovczj.jpg

    Swinford Weather



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    #232
    HighLine
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    I think Wicklow Weather's rain gauge might be reading slightly off :Dhttp://www.wicklowweather.com/


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    #233
    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,392 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    Odd we don't have a floodwatch system like the UK?


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    #234
    acequion
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    Lashing down in Tralee.


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    #235
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    44.6mm for event so far in Ardfert, a lot of land beginning to flood locally.


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    #236
    Baggy Trousers
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    pauldry wrote: »
    Sligo is my rain gauge

    The rest are ogimet ranking website

    Can you give me the exact Ogimet link, that site is a bit convoluted.


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    #237
    snubbleste
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    Meteorite58 wrote: »
    44.6mm for event so far in Ardfert, a lot of land beginning to flood locally.
    that all?
    80.6 mm in Galway City since 1500 Friday


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    #238
    yellowlabrador
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    I see that yeah. It's at 2.01m now. Not sure enough rain fell over that area for it to get to the red warning level though.
    this is the Sally (or Dirty) river in Dunmanway. It's a tributary of the Bandon. It flows from Castle Donovan into the Bandon just below Dunmanway.


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    #239
    Gonzo
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    nowhere nearly as bad today as i expected, we had far heavier rain all through Thursday than this.


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    #240
    Weatherproof79
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    Finn Park ballybofey now resembles a lake


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    #241
    Tactical
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    Having been out and about for the last few hours in West Limerick, I can report that there is surface water lodged on numerous roads and minor flooding evident.

    I'm also getting reports of road flooding that's impassable to general traffic. 4WD, lorries etc can pass with care.

    Fire brigade responding to road flooding at Castlematrix in Co. Limerick. Two units present.


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