Rainfall Warning : Heavy Rain and Potential Thunderstorms Thurs 8 - Fri 9 Aug 2019

esposito · 09-08-2019 03:06AM

TTLF wrote: »

That is the only ever lightning strike, to ever scare me and make me cry

Woken up by it too. Even the iPhone weather app for my location is now alerting me that there is a thunderstorm in my area right now.

Seems to have been just one random loud rumble and that’s it though. Unless we get more later today with those heavy showers forecast.

What Username Guidelines · 09-08-2019 03:06AM

Strazdas wrote: »

So Tallaght was the epicentre? The thunder boom must have been ferocious in the area

I’m a dangerously heavy sleeper, I’ve slept through the house alarm going off a few times before, and even a hotel fire alarm.. And here I am, wide awake. Wife was convinced our house was hit it was that loud, it seems like all neighbours alarms went off. My house is in that map above

I’m just raging I missed the lightening now.

khalessi · 09-08-2019 03:08AM

Havent slept yet, unbelievable storm

TTLF · 09-08-2019 03:10AM

esposito wrote: »

Woken up by it too. Even the iPhone weather app for my location is now alerting me that there is a thunderstorm in my area right now.

Seems to have been just one random loud rumble and that’s it though. Unless we get more later today with those heavy showers forecast.

I was awake, but it was the EXACT time I decided to close my blinds, and then BOOM, blinded by the close flashing light of the lightning, stumbled shook onto my bed and suddenly the Atomic bomb of that thunder went off, I was shaking speechless and tears rolling down my eyes.

Strazdas · 09-08-2019 03:10AM

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

I’m a dangerously heavy sleeper, I’ve slept through the house alarm going off a few times before, and even a hotel fire alarm.. And here I am, wide awake. Wife was convinced our house was hit it was that loud, it seems like all neighbours alarms went off. My house is in that map above I’m just raging I missed the lightening now.

I'm guessing that was one of the biggest flashes of lightning ever seen in Dublin. I'm five miles from Tallaght and yet the flash was massive.

passinginterest · 09-08-2019 03:11AM

Strazdas wrote: »

So Tallaght was the epicentre? The thunder boom must have been ferocious in the area

Single loudest thunder clap I’ve ever heard. The amount of alarms set off by it was incredible. If anyone slept through that, then fair play to them.

TTLF · 09-08-2019 03:12AM

passinginterest wrote: »

Single loudest thunder clap I’ve ever heard. The amount of alarms set off by it was incredible. If anyone slept through that, then fair play to them.

My dad lol

thomasj · 09-08-2019 03:13AM

Another flash in blanch just now

Xenji · 09-08-2019 03:15AM

Biblical downpours of rain in Castlebar in the last 15 minutes, 16mm in the last hour or so.

Andderzz · 09-08-2019 03:15AM

aisling86 wrote: »

Here we go......

Thanks for sharing

lolie · 09-08-2019 03:19AM

Strazdas wrote: »

So Tallaght was the epicentre? The thunder boom must have been ferocious in the area

Must have been, that map is normally fairly accurate.
https://meteologix.com/ie/lightning

CeeCeeBloom · 09-08-2019 03:20AM

passinginterest wrote: »

Single loudest thunder clap I’ve ever heard. The amount of alarms set off by it was incredible. If anyone slept through that, then fair play to them.

My 9yr old did she will be raging!

TTLF · 09-08-2019 03:20AM

Not sure, but if this is right, my area has gotten up to 45.0mm in the last 3 hours!!

thomasj · 09-08-2019 03:20AM

Quite active atm

TTLF · 09-08-2019 03:26AM

Do you think anyone recorded that bright flash ?

Strazdas · 09-08-2019 03:35AM

TTLF wrote: »

Do you think anyone recorded that bright flash ?

It would come up on lots of CCTVs around the city....perhaps we might see one or two tomorrow

pad199207 · 09-08-2019 03:35AM

https://twitter.com/kildaremet/status/1159667177039040512?s=21

prinzeugen · 09-08-2019 03:38AM

There is hail hitting my window in Rathgar. North Dublin might get something.

TTLF · 09-08-2019 03:46AM

I’m now too scared to look out my window after the flash before, goodnight

Kutebride · 09-08-2019 03:48AM

Thunder and intense rain at 0430 Meath. Woke me and not the kids. Passed over now.
When this band on the radar passes is that it then, nothing coming behind for rest of the day?

M.T. Cranium · 09-08-2019 03:50AM

Potential is there for additional shower or thunderstorm activity as the air mass now moving in will become unstable especially if there's any sunny breaks during the morning hours.

thomasj · 09-08-2019 03:51AM

Heavy rain has kicked off in blanch again just now.

sparrowcar · 09-08-2019 03:53AM

Something woke the kids and dog around the time of that big strike in Tallaght so presume it was that. Just drove in to airport from swords and no major flooding just the usual spots having expected biblical stuff.

Had to drop the sail and take the life jacket off... embarrassing.

Seanieke · 09-08-2019 04:34AM

Just drove from Roundwood to St Vincent's, not so much as a big puddle spotted all the way in. T'is grand.

DOCARCH · 09-08-2019 04:54AM

Slept through the lightning/thunder in Dublin 16! 33.4mm recorded here since just before midnight.

NMB · 09-08-2019 05:28AM

D6 I was woken up at 3am by the sound of the rain room lit up like it was 12 noon and then a few rumbles ... rolled over and went back to sleep I knew if I got up to look I’d be up the rest of the night. Incredible downpour the literal roar of it !

irishrover99 · 09-08-2019 06:00AM

passinginterest wrote: »

Single loudest thunder clap I’ve ever heard. The amount of alarms set off by it was incredible. If anyone slept through that, then fair play to them.

I heard it in rathfarnham. One loud bang woke me up and then that was it. Nothing after that, I think

09-08-2019 06:04AM

Very heavy rain now in Cork city.

harr · 09-08-2019 06:18AM

Nice morning here on the kildare/Laois border very heavy rain most of the night turned to heavy showers around 3.30 am .
Lost of lightning between 1.30 and 2.30am and about 20 minutes of the loudest thunder I have ever heard it literally shook the house.
Distance rumbling then for a couple of hours .

Graces7 · 09-08-2019 06:38AM

Busy night out there!

Apart from heavy rain, all quiet here on the west coast. Breezy and more than breezy but dry and autumnal with that distinct feel to the air, and the first blackberries picked...

Rainfall Warning : Heavy Rain and Potential Thunderstorms Thurs 8 - Fri 9 Aug 2019

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