Warnings: Heavy rainfall in Munster and South Leinster : 20-21 Nov 2019

Villain

*updated title as new warning out*

Some very high rainfall totals expected over the next 48 hours with possibly even more over the following 48 hours.

Status Yellow rainfall warning in place:

Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford

From early hours of Wednesday to noon on Thursday, spells of heavy rain at times will give amounts of 30 to 50 mm with a risk of spot flooding.

Valid: Wednesday 20 November 2019 00:01 to Thursday 21 November 2019 12:00

Issued: Tuesday 19 November 2019 11:00

ECMWF rainfall totals up to Sunday night shows over 100mm possible in some areas!

High risk of some local flooding if that turns out that way.



Orange warning added now:

Status Orange - Rainfall warning for Tipperary and Waterford

Heavy rain during the period will cause spot flooding. Accumulations in excess of 50mm possible in some parts.

Valid: Wednesday 20 November 2019 15:00 to Thursday 21 November 2019 18:00

Issued: Wednesday 20 November 2019 09:00

SpaceRocket

We don't have a yellow warning here in Wicklow, but most of the roads in Greystones and surrounds are flooded. Microbursts of torrential rain early this morning. Roads are almost at a stand still.

axe2grind

SpaceRocket wrote: »

We don't have a yellow warning here in Wicklow, but most of the roads in Greystones and surrounds are flooded. Microbursts of torrential rain early this morning. Roads are almost at a stand still.

Yes, clearly Wicklow should have been under the warning.

pad199207

Status Orange - Rainfall warning for Tipperary and Waterford

Heavy rain during the period will cause spot flooding. Accumulations in excess of 50mm possible in some parts.

Valid: Wednesday 20 November 2019 15:00 to Thursday 21 November 2019 18:00

Issued: Wednesday 20 November 2019 09:00

axe2grind

30mm since midnight in Ashford and roads in a bad state with plenty spot flooding

pad199207

axe2grind wrote: »

30mm since midnight in Ashford and roads in a bad state with plenty spot flooding

0.8mm since midnight on the other side of the mountains

mickger844posts

Rain started about an hour ago here with 2mm recorded so far. It will be very interesting to see totals at my station in the next few days

https://www.waterfordweather.com

Youtube for the Event: https://youtu.be/dogAd7i4OsE

teddybones

axe2grind wrote: »

30mm since midnight in Ashford and roads in a bad state with plenty spot flooding

According to Ashford weather station its 40mm now. Wonder why wicklow not mentioned in warning. Seems a bit odd. Had to take alternative route to the school as my usual road flooded.

spookwoman

Intensity of the rain in Waterford has def picked up. Watching the rate per hour increase on Waterford Weathers page. Just went from 4.2mm to 7.2mm

Cantona's Collars

It's a mix of showers and clear spells here in Wexford,we even had sunshine earlier after a wet night.
My car was frozen at 10pm and it was gone up to 6c 2 hours later and then the rain started.

SleetAndSnow

Rain is relentless for the last 3/4 hours in Cork City. Rotten day.

Mortelaro

pad199207 wrote: »

0.8mm since midnight on the other side of the mountains

28 at rugby club Arklow
15 in Arklow 8kms South
9 near courtown
Very sharp cut off with micro bursts

Storm 10

Am I seeing things is this rain band heading West now as its raining in Galway now and the Sky to the West was clear looking but now it has gone.

Comhrá

Intermittent heavy rain in Limerick City since around 10am. 5.2mm so far today. Cold and overcast. 8.2c atm.

pauldry

7mm in Sligo since before lunch. We have 33mm left to get by Sunday by map above

greenspurs

Level 2 ………….. is that similar to an Orange 'alert' ?!???

or is that another Americanism for a wet winters day ??

Villain

greenspurs wrote: »

Level 2 ………….. is that similar to an Orange 'alert' ?!???

or is that another Americanism for a wet winters day ??

Extreme weather index from ECMWF says mroe than a wet day, if the models are accurate then flooding is likely in some areas covered by Orange warning.

KingdomRushed

Think Met Eireann have the location of the rain bands forecasted too far east. Also I think likely rainfall totals may not be massively high. I could be wrong. But unless theres some monster system out to sea I don't see the potential here for first wave of rain anyway

Supercell

Screengrab from the WOW-ie page on Met.ie shows quite be variation in accumulation totals accross the country pretty well.

SleetAndSnow

Rainfall getting gradually heavier and heavier as the day drags on in cork city. Another heavy blast of rain now.

Harry Palmr

30 and 9 within a few miles of one another?

It's tipping down in Waterford but the wind is the real villain in terms of misery.

Graces7

Feeling for you and commiserating. Hoping it eases off soon.. stay safe

West coast offshore; dry now and still

tiegan

Flooding already happening in South Tipperary - torrential rain since 2pm

pauldry

Theres a ton of rain still to come .... literally in the orange warning area. Bad Flooding to come down South.

SleetAndSnow

Rain took about an hour and a half to go from 8-9mm in cork city. Its now at 13.5 in the latest update.

mean gene

its been p1ssing rain in cork city since during last night -it hasnt stopped once

Storm 10

Lashing rain in Galway plenty of floods on roads thought we were not to get rain here

Kutebride

Compared to last Wednesday dry in Dublin.
Mild.

Rock Lesnar

Dry in meath, very breezy to, should dry out the ground a little bit before any more rain arrives

cml387

This shows how poor the rainfall coverage from radar is now that Shannon is down.

Absolutely pouring down in Clonmel atm. Rain gauge already shows 20mm and yet the rainfall on ME is showing nothing.

mean gene

cml387 wrote: »

This shows how poor the rainfall coverage from radar is now that Shannon is down.

Absolutely pouring down in Clonmel atm. Rain gauge already shows 20mm and yet the rainfall on ME is showing nothing.

theres no radar in the south its down for weeks -banana republic

Mortelaro

Supercell wrote: »

Screengrab from the WOW-ie page on Met.ie shows quite be variation in accumulation totals accross the country pretty well.

Posted earlier about that sharp cut off on the east coast from the overnight rain
The Arklow wow is about 8 kms north of me at the rugby club 28mm
Clonanny about 15kms south of me 9mm (in common with johnstown I think)
Me in between the two 15mm

Clearly a heavier band started to come inland mid Arklow somewhere up as far as Bray
I heard there was traffic mayhem in Ne wicklow during rush hour this morning

cml387

A good site for flood warnings https://waterlevel.ie/

200motels

We haven't had much as yet here in Waterford.

Meteorite58

ECM 12Z 24hrs predicted accumulated rainfall and up to early Fri morning. And showing the ARPEGE's accumulated rainfall predictions up to Sat early.

blanch152

Mahon Falls will be well worth a visit at the weekend.

redsteveireland

Storm 10 wrote: »

Lashing rain in Galway plenty of floods on roads thought we were not to get rain here

You're living in Galway long enough to know better than that. It's easier count the days it didn't rain in Galway than days that it did.

Mortelaro

I don't think I've ever heard a radio forecast like the one by Gerry Murphy at 755 am on radio one this morning for Eastern areas
Rain every day for the next week
Spot flooding every day
No let up at all

DOCARCH

Mortelaro wrote: »

No let up at all

Looking that way.

The East is the new West!

pad199207

Counties Carlow and Wicklow added to the yellow warning

pad199207

Just a mere 1mm here in Naas since all these warnings started. The rain shadow certainly in effect

giveitholly

Mortelaro wrote: »

I don't think I've ever heard a radio forecast like the one by Gerry Murphy at 755 am on radio one this morning for Eastern areas
Rain every day for the next week
Spot flooding every day
No let up at all

Yeah long time since I heard so much rain forecast in the one bulletin,suppose with shannon radar down the rain has to fall in the east!!!!

Mortelaro

pad199207 wrote: »

Just a mere 1mm here in Naas since all these warnings started. The rain shadow certainly in effect

Lucky this low isn't meeting an icy siberian easterly

DOCARCH

Mortelaro wrote: »

Unlucky this low isn't meeting an icy siberian easterly

FYP. That's what you actually mean!

Villain

Harmonie looks awful for Friday night too, that on top of what is coming today and tomorrow isn’t good!

https://twitter.com/meteireann/status/1197453666669731840?s=21

Oneiric 3

DOCARCH wrote: »

The East is the new West!

I'm afraid the East needs to try a little harder to be the new West, as west coast stations are still coming in with the highest November totals this month so far:

Top 3 wettest stations in the Wesht (up to yesterday)
Valentia: 129.8mm
Newport: 126.2mm
Belmullet: 120.8mm

Top 3 wettest stations in the Easht:
Dunsany: 115.6mm
Dublin Apt: 111.6mm
Phoenix Park: 102.4mm.
(Met Eireann)

The East needs to up its game a bit. It is dealing with a long experienced, hardened opponent here. No time for pussy-footing around!

DOCARCH

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

The East needs to up its game a bit. It is dealing with a long experienced, hardened opponent here. No time for pussy-footing around!

:P

127.8mm so far for the month in Dublin 16.

SleetAndSnow

31mm of rain yesterday at cork airport and 4.5mm since midnight with more to come today.

pauldry

The South is the new West

pad199207

You’d swear the heavens were about to open here in Kildare it’s that dark. But hardly a drop falling

Mortelaro

pad199207 wrote: »

You’d swear the heavens were about to open here in Kildare it’s that dark. But hardly a drop falling

Night vision goggles are the new sliced pan for this weather
Raining here on and off all morning and windy
Just 4.3mm from it so far