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Heavy Rainfall in Kerry - 02nd to 04th Oct 2016

  • 03-10-2016 6:46pm
    #1
    DOCARCH
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    I just thought I would start a thread for the ongoing heavy rainfall event effecting Kerry and that will effect other western seaboard counties in the next 24 hours.

    Weather Warnings From Met E:

    STATUS ORANGE
    Rainfall Warning for Kerry
    60 to 80 mm of rainfall today, tonight and much of Tuesday with up to 100 mm possible in mountainous areas. Highest rainfall amounts in the west of the county.

    Issued:Monday 03 October 2016 10:00
    Valid:Monday 03 October 2016 10:00 to Tuesday 04 October 2016 18:00

    STATUS YELLOW
    Rainfall Warning for Galway, Mayo, Clare and Cork
    30 to 50 mm of rain today, tonight and much of Tuesday with up to 70 mm possible in mountainous areas. This warning is for western parts of the relevant counties.

    Issued:Monday 03 October 2016 10:00
    Valid:Monday 03 October 2016 10:00 to Tuesday 04 October 2016 18:00

    Some impressive totals already today reported from Valentia.

    You can post your observations in this thread. General Autumn observations and comments (non rain event ones) can be kept to the other (Autumn) thread.


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  • #2
    Meteorite58
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    ( Thanks Doc, I'll move this in here to kick it off )

    Rain lightened a bit in the late afternoon, steady moderate and at times heavy rain here now near Tralee, 18mm so far.

    Very dull evening.

    gM6ejcz.png?1


  • #3
    downwiththatsor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 915 ✭✭✭downwiththatsor


    Big totals in Valentia

    http://irelandsweather.com/modules/history/met_hist.php?id=25


  • #4
    JCX BXC
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    Fairly persistent since around 3-4pm. Driveway fairly puddled.

    Nice to have a big fire and a big cup of tea this evening!


  • #5
    Xenji
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    Very dark most of the day in Castlebar, been raining since just after two, just under 10mm of rain so far.


  • #6
    DOCARCH
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    9.3mm reported in Valentia from 1900 to 2000. Must be the guts of 75mm (or more) there so far today.


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  • #7
    sword1
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    68mm today so far,west cork 6.6 an hour at the moment


  • #8
    downwiththatsor
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    downwiththatsor wrote: »
    Big totals in Valentia

    http://irelandsweather.com/modules/history/met_hist.php?id=25

    Valentia now has 76.6mm in last 24 hours, a few reports of flooded roads in south kerry on Kerry County Council's twitter feed now.


  • #9
    Meteorite58
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    DOCARCH wrote: »
    9.3mm reported in Valentia from 1900 to 2000. Must be the guts of 75mm (or more) there so far today.

    Possibly another 80 mm + forecast by the models in the next 24 hrs for Valentia/ South Kerry :eek:

    JoWud3S.gif

    ddacMvM.png


    Meanwhile coming up on 25mm here near Tralee


  • #10
    secman
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    Just curious, no posts from Graces7 in about 8 months ?


  • #11
    Oscar Bravo
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    Persistent rain in Castlebar together with a strong and gusty south easterly wind. the stove is on!


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  • #12
    SeaFields
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    It has been bucketing down here all day (south Kerry ) . There seemed to be a lull around mid afternoon but after that normal service resumed . Very heavy altogether. Few people posting photos on Facebook of local flooding and the rivers and streams were well up when I went on a brief walk before dark. The last time it was this heavy / persistent we had a landslide on the Ring of Kerry hopefully no repeat of that tonight.


  • #13
    weisses
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    secman wrote: »
    Just curious, no posts from Graces7 in about 8 months ?

    I think she got banned


  • #14
    DOCARCH
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    11.0mm reported in Valentia from 2000 to 2100.


  • #15
    SeaFields
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    DOCARCH wrote: »
    11.0mm reported in Valentia from 2000 to 2100.

    Nearly half an inch in an hour! And it sounds just that outside. The 9-10 reading should be very similar I'm guessing.

    I was looking at the met eireann website and see that most stations reporting 0.0mm for the same time period. Bizarre we are having such a deluge down here.

    Edit - actually only 3.9 in the 22.00 update.


  • #16
    pauldry
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    Valencia will have near 100mm in yesterdays weather tomorrow.

    When did that last happen.


  • #17
    redsteveireland
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    Just managing to stay away from the worst of it in East Galway.


  • #18
    Storm 10
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    Lashing rain in Galway looking at the radar the worst is yet to come


  • #19
    km79
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    redsteveireland wrote: »
    Just managing to stay away from the worst of it in East Galway.

    yes it was forecast to be right over us a few days ago
    the ground would not have been able take a fraction of it
    hopefully a dry week to follow now too


  • #20
    pedigree 6
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    Where's all this moisture coming from?
    Is it heat from Spain or warm seas or what?


  • #21
    Oneiric 3
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    pauldry wrote: »
    Valencia will have near 100mm in yesterdays weather tomorrow.

    When did that last happen.

    Newport recorded nearly 80mm one day at last September year from a very similar set up to the current one:


    sept1115.png

    Not much happening here in Galway rain wise. Just some persistent light stuff.

    New Moon



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  • #22
    Xenji
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    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    Newport recorded nearly 80mm one day at last September year from a very similar set up to the current one:


    sept1115.png

    Not much happening here in Galway rain wise. Just some persistent light stuff.

    That was September 11th, it was bad all around Mayo, Leenane got over 100mm on the same day in Galway.


  • #23
    Oneiric 3
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    pedigree 6 wrote: »
    Where's all this moisture coming from?
    Is it heat from Spain or warm seas or what?

    It's really just a typical front that has been prevented from pushing on the usual eastwards course by a building block of high pressure to the east and instead is being 'forced' to slide up the along west coast.

    image.png

    New Moon



  • #24
    Oneiric 3
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    weisses wrote: »
    I think she got banned

    Can't see why she should have been banned but then again, I am not surprised... Giants like G7, Maq, Su, Iancar to name but a few all seem to have been banned or have just dwindled away. Something is amiss with this forum this last while.

    New Moon



  • #25
    JCX BXC
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    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    Can't see why she should have been banned but then again, I am not surprised... Giants like G7, Maq, Su, Iancar to name but a few all seem to have been banned or have just dwindled away. Something is amiss with this forum this last while.

    G7 had more offence than is common.

    There's a prison forum on the topic if you're interested.


  • #26
    JCX BXC
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    It's not actually raining at the moment here in West Clare, has been torrential all evening though, not looking forward to the roads in the morning.


  • #27
    Kristopherus
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    Still pi$$ing in Castlebar, and, according to the latest forecast, is likely to be at it for most of tomorrow.


  • #28
    511
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    Carnacalla wrote: »
    G7 had more offence than is common.

    There's a prison forum on the topic if you're interested.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057567099


  • #29
    Rougies
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    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    Can't see why she should have been banned but then again, I am not surprised... Giants like G7, Maq, Su, Iancar to name but a few all seem to have been banned or have just dwindled away. Something is amiss with this forum this last while.

    Some users ragequit and then reappear with a different username. It's understandable :P.

    But I haven't seen Su's alias in a while and Maq seems to be missing alright. Iancar is still active, see the hurricane Matthew thread.


  • #30
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,227 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    Rougies wrote: »
    Maq seems to be missing alright.

    Left due to those major issues with Boards.is months back

    Lashing here in West Clare, driveway very flooded!


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  • #31
    km79
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    Carnacalla wrote: »
    Left due to those major issues with Boards.is months back

    Lashing here in West Clare, driveway very flooded!

    We got maybe 5mm out of this
    So lucky !


  • #32
    JCX BXC
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    km79 wrote: »
    We got maybe 5mm out of this
    So lucky !

    Just looked at the radar! My god, its not raining 15km away! Lashing here and doesn't look to have an end.


  • #33
    JCX BXC
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    Look at how defined that rain belt is!

    iw0piw.png


  • #34
    Robxxx7
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    Looking at my weather data (Mid-Kerry) we had 43mm of rain yesterday and today so far (since midnight) 12.2mm ... ground very very wet ..


  • #35
    Stealthfins
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    It's dry here in Cratloe no rain yet.


  • #36
    DOCARCH
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    105.5mm for Valentia midnight to midnight yesterday.


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  • #37
    snubbleste
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    Is that rain belt going to move east at all today?


  • #38
    DOCARCH
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    Is that rain belt going to move east at all today?

    It's not supposed to...supposed to move off the west coast back into the Atlantic.


  • #39
    Lumi
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    Galway city escaped the worst of it with just 9.8mm falling in the last 24hrs
    The station in Moycullen, to the north of the city recorded 18.4mm


  • #40
    SeaFields
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    DOCARCH wrote: »
    105.5mm for Valentia midnight to midnight yesterday.

    The total for the event itself will be very interesting. As I muted last night, there has been a landslide locally and several roads are closed. A section of the Ring of Kerry road between Cahersiveen and Waterville is closed due to a submerged bridge.

    It's still raining but the intensity has dropped


  • #41
    pauldry
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    Prob around 150mm from this in Kerry


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  • #42
    Meteorite58
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    Rain eased somewhat here near Tralee overnight but has been steady moderate since about 9.00 . Mild


  • #43
    SeaBreezes
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    Looks like Toe Head is about to be poured on..


  • #44
    Oneiric 3
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    Just over 50mm of rain at Valentia since midnight (as of 2pm), so well over the 150mm mark there now from this near stationary front.

    New Moon



  • #45
    Oneiric 3
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    km79 wrote: »
    We got maybe 5mm out of this
    about double that here so a total non-event (i.e: the usual garbage) in my patch.

    New Moon



  • #46
    ArKl0w
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    I'd be jumping for joy if I only got 8mm out of this instead of 150mm+ and a whole heap of flooding!


  • #47
    weisses
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    Oneiric 3 wrote: »
    about double that here so a total non-event (i.e: the usual garbage) in my patch.

    36 hours of constant rain dumping over 150 mm where I live

    You can have it ... I happily settle for the non event option


  • #48
    km79
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    weisses wrote: »
    36 hours of constant rain dumping over 150 mm where I live

    You can have it ... I happily settle for the non event option

    Jaysus
    Any pics ?


  • #49
    Oneiric 3
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    ArKl0w wrote: »
    I'd be jumping for joy if I only got 8mm out of this instead of 150mm+ and a whole heap of flooding!

    Good for you! I enjoy extreme events, you obviously don't.

    Can't imagine much flooding at Valentia itself but no doubt parts of the county itself have seen some.

    New Moon



  • #50
    Oscar Bravo
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    Brightening up nicely in Castlebar now with the front moving westwards.


  • #51
    JCX BXC
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    Sunny out now! West Clare


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