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Storm Jake - 01/02 March - High Winds West Coast & Widespread Snow Risk

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    #212
    irlgirl
    Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭irlgirl


    Whole house shook in dooradoyle, power tripped


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    #213
    La.de.da
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,010 ✭✭✭La.de.da


    Nothing but a whisper of wind here in South tipp


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    #214
    Wetbench4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭Wetbench4


    pauldry wrote: »
    Does everyone on boards live in Castletroy?

    Mild

    Im in singland area, not castletroy. It was some blast, loudest thunder I've ever heard.


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    #215
    Red King
    Closed Accounts Posts: 716 ✭✭✭Red King


    Jesus Christ that flash of lightning over Limerick was scary, and the thunder!


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    #216
    SoapMcTavish
    Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭SoapMcTavish


    My God that was loud in Limerick ... House shook, alarms going off !!!!


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    #217
    sumtings
    Registered Users Posts: 265 ✭✭sumtings


    Red King wrote: »
    Jesus Christ that flash of lightning over Limerick was scary, and the thunder!

    Yeah twas pretty intense in Limerick there, gone quiet, looking at the radar on net weather and some more of the hail/rain looks to be tracking in shortly.


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    #218
    Firefox11
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    Wetbench4 wrote: »
    Im in singland area, not castletroy. It was some blast, loudest thunder I've ever heard.

    Only ever heard something like that once before. Bolt of lightning must have come close to the estate. Sounded like an explosion or bomb going off.


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    #219
    mud
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭mud


    Getting absolutely battered in East Limerick. Thunder, lightning and hail. Nuts.


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    #220
    theparish
    Registered Users Posts: 252 ✭✭theparish


    sumtings wrote: »
    Yeah twas pretty intense in Limerick there, gone quiet, looking at the radar on net weather and some more of the hail/rain looks to be tracking in shortly.

    I'm almost certain it hit St.Marys church.


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    #221
    sumtings
    Registered Users Posts: 265 ✭✭sumtings


    sumtings wrote: »
    Yeah twas pretty intense in Limerick there, gone quiet, looking at the radar on net weather and some more of the hail/rain looks to be tracking in shortly.

    The lightning detector on it has the strike over the dock road by the little bridge. Don't know what distance it's accurate to.


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    #222
    Red King
    Closed Accounts Posts: 716 ✭✭✭Red King


    theparish wrote: »
    I'm almost certain it hit St.Marys church.

    Damn!


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    #223
    sumtings
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    Just had a very long rumble of thunder in Limerick city center.


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    #224
    Red King
    Closed Accounts Posts: 716 ✭✭✭Red King


    That was crazy, the longest loudest roll of thunder I've ever heard with a nasty cracking sound right in the middle followed by a good minute long deep rumble


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    #225
    YFlyer
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    sumtings wrote: »
    Just had a very long rumble of thunder in Limerick city center.

    I heard the thunder at 2.20 am out in Castletroy. Was there more recently in the city centre?


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    #226
    Red King
    Closed Accounts Posts: 716 ✭✭✭Red King


    YFlyer wrote: »
    I heard the thunder at 2.20 am out in Castletroy. Was there more recently in the city centre?

    Yeah and a lot worse than that one at 2:20.


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    #227
    Withrax
    Registered Users Posts: 175 ✭✭Withrax


    That flash of lightning scared the ****e out of me. Lit up my bedroom.


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    #228
    YFlyer
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    Popoutman wrote: »
    Hugely impressive flash of lightning and associated thunder here in Castletroy, Limerick.
    Heavy enough to rattle the glass in the internal dining room door, and shake the sofa..

    Haven't heard that level of thunder since being in a storm in the Italian Alps and having a bolt land ~100m away..

    Yeah heard it myself in Cois Ghruda. Rag week is extremely quiet though.


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    #229
    sumtings
    Registered Users Posts: 265 ✭✭sumtings


    YFlyer wrote: »
    I heard the thunder at 2.20 am out in Castletroy. Was there more recently in the city centre?

    It might have been a strike near Shannon.


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    #230
    Red King
    Closed Accounts Posts: 716 ✭✭✭Red King


    My eyes were closed, head under the duvet trying to sleep and I could still feel a blinding white flash in my eyes.


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    #231
    YFlyer
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    Red King wrote: »
    Yeah and a lot worse than that one at 2:20.

    Wow. Didn't hear anything out this way.


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    #232
    sumtings
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    Red King wrote: »
    My eyes were closed, head under the duvet trying to sleep and I could still feel a blinding white flash in my eyes.

    Hopefully we will get a good break soon as I need to fall back to sleep.


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    #233
    sunbeam
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    sumtings wrote: »
    Hopefully we will get a good break soon as I need to fall back to sleep.

    I can't sleep with the wind here either. Power is still out here in Achill. No more thunder but lots of hailstones.


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    #234
    mountainy man
    Registered Users Posts: 981 ✭✭✭mountainy man


    Had a rise in temps up to 2.6C for a while and had rain which melted away all my snow :( but temp has dropped again down to 0.2C and had another blast of snow :), pretty gusty out there.

    S.E Sligo, high ground.


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    #235
    ch750536
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    Pretty rough out. Retrieved bins, goalposts, builders bags & sense of humour from down the road.


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    #236
    Rock Lesnar
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    Torrential rain here now


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    #237
    JanuarySnowstor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,898 ✭✭✭JanuarySnowstor


    Uppers were too marginal I think.
    Thurs night looks a better bet


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    #238
    Reckless Abandonment
    Registered Users Posts: 1,494 ✭✭✭Reckless Abandonment


    JanuarySnowstor wrote: »
    Uppers were too marginal I think.
    Thurs night looks a better bet
    Looks that way alright. But not by much, just drove out the n4 to maynooth and its mainly sleet


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    #239
    syngindub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭syngindub


    Getting battered in newbridge.
    No end to this wind, waiting for the roof to give !!


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    #240
    Lucreto
    Registered Users Posts: 1,003 ✭✭✭Lucreto


    The wind just arrived in Naas in the last 30 minutes. A bit of sleet and cold rain happening now.


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    #241
    bnt
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    Some of the gusts hitting me in South Dublin at the moment are the hardest I can recall all winter. I won't be surprised to see reports of building damage.

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