Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

Itssoeasy · 20-08-2020 06:01AM

Even though the red warning has been over for nearly six hours here in cork it's still miserable here in cork. It's not stopped raining. Esb power check showing that return of power times in cork city for those who lost power as after midday. I'd love to know the rainfall number for cork city since 10pm last night. I've not looked in my back garden yet to see what size of tree branches are scattered around.

Denny61 · 20-08-2020 06:04AM

Yes I'm.the same..who is IMC !!!

jimmynokia · 20-08-2020 06:07AM

Denny61 wrote: »

Yes I'm.the same..who is IMC !!!

A Clueless clown that several radio stations let him on air today spewing nonsense

corks finest · 20-08-2020 06:23AM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Even though the red warning has been over for nearly six hours here in cork it's still miserable here in cork. It's not stopped raining. Esb power check showing that return of power times in cork city for those who lost power as after midday. I'd love to know the rainfall number for cork city since 10pm last night. I've not looked in my back garden yet to see what size of tree branches are scattered around.

Blowing big in Carrigaline still ( not constantly though)

Zapperzy · 20-08-2020 06:33AM

Neighbours tin shed clean gone this morning, gone over 3 walls knocking one.

I lost sunflowers, lupins and all my radish seedlings. Would've been worse if I'd not prepared. Woke up at 1.45am with the wind howling, I almost never wake up during storms!

East Galway.

NIMAN · 20-08-2020 06:38AM

Its calming now in N.Donegal, but I went outside at around 4:30 or so, and it was the loudest I have heard in a long time.
Lot of big trees around me, and they were creating some amount of noise.

Was a rough night overall. If people had it worse than here, and I'm sure there was plenty, then I don't envy them.

Tandey · 20-08-2020 06:38AM

Denny61 wrote: »

Yes I'm.the same..who is IMC !!!

A cinema chain.

MY BAD · 20-08-2020 06:45AM

Looking at the ESB power outage map it looks like the entire country had a rough night.
https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/index.html

sweet_trip · 20-08-2020 06:47AM

MY BAD wrote: »

Looking at the ESB power outage map it looks like the entire country had a rough night.
https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/index.html

Where I live says there's a fault since last night but nobody around here has lost power.

kyomi · 20-08-2020 06:52AM

Ramping up here on the Mizen peninsula... This seems worse than during the red warning. Got woken up around 20 minutes ago by rain slamming against the windows, and there's been plenty of thunder and lightning since then. Still have power though.

DOCARCH · 20-08-2020 06:54AM

Gaoth Laidir wrote: »

Met Éireann got this by and large spot on.
M.É. 1, IWC 0.

+1 re ME. I think they got it spot on.

However I don't think IWC was ever a contender for comparison!

cyclops999 · 20-08-2020 06:56AM

Heavy rainfall in Athlone now very rough night lots of trees down.

M.T. Cranium · 20-08-2020 06:56AM

Just adding up hourly reports, Cork had 25.6 mm of rain since this time yesterday morning. Some places further west had 40-50.

The country is now left in an unstable southwesterly flow with lines of showers and thunderstorms developing, some parts of Munster and the midlands could see hail with their thunderstorms.

Winds will continue blustery although generally below warning criteria, but could sometimes approach 100 km/hr in gusts.

Mrcaramelchoc · 20-08-2020 07:14AM

Zapperzy wrote: »

Neighbours tin shed clean gone this morning, gone over 3 walls knocking one.

I lost sunflowers, lupins and all my radish seedlings. Would've been worse if I'd not prepared. Woke up at 1.45am with the wind howling, I almost never wake up during storms!

East Galway.

Sunflowers lupins and radishes.........Jesus there must have been Carnage.thoughts and prayers etc

Cody montana · 20-08-2020 07:19AM

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

Sunflowers lupins and radishes.........Jesus there must have been Carnage.thoughts and prayers etc

Pray for pansies.

In fairness, my pear tree produced its first and only pear this year.
I’m afraid to check if it’s still on the tree.

Macdarack · 20-08-2020 07:23AM

2>3am in West Clare was ropey enough, very strong winds, I got up to do a quick check around the place and went back to bed. Talking to the Mrs now and she didn't believe me when I said it was that bad, it's very tranquil now out side with blue skies.

mymo · 20-08-2020 07:24AM

Wind and rain woke me at 1.40ish and again a bit after 4am, don't see any damage at the moment, still pretty wild. I'm on Kilkenny/Carlow border and friends on the mountains lost power about 9pm, not heard from them since, we still have power.

Flippyfloppy · 20-08-2020 07:25AM

Ah. Feels like the old days when storms were the height of newsworthy chatter!

TheMilkyPirate · 20-08-2020 07:25AM

Anyone know the max gust from last night?

DOCARCH · 20-08-2020 07:28AM

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

Anyone know the max gust from last night?

143kmh (...I think...) at Roches Point.

teednab-el · 20-08-2020 07:38AM

This storm isnt what we were told it waa going to be.

froog · 20-08-2020 07:44AM

Crazy night. Still gusting and random downpours of rain. All sorts of debris in the garden. Carnage on the roads with trees down. Dont expect power back for quite a while. East cork.

mossie · 20-08-2020 07:54AM

Absolutely torrential rain here at the moment (N. Cork) thunder and lightning in the area too.

redsteveireland · 20-08-2020 07:56AM

Lots of trees down, thankfully most of them are not on the road. Friend have trouble getting into work from Roscommon with trees down all over the place.
Thunderstorms look like the next fun part.

eon1208 · 20-08-2020 08:00AM

Fellow enthusiasts.. A quick question. Can someone explain why the strongest winds were to the east of the northwards moving eye and the heaviest rains were to the west of the eye. I slept through it. Work had me done ha. I dint think that much rain fell in North East Laois. Anyone any figures..

HeidiHeidi · 20-08-2020 08:01AM

*eadaoin wrote: »

Wow wind really picking up in Dublin 8 now, it’s howling around the city. I’m close to the new children’s hospital that’s being built and the sound of the wind in all the cranes is eerie!

I'm somewhere near you, so..... I wondered how those cranes would fare when I was driving home around 11pm last night! Thankfully I slept through the whole thing, and just had to tie up a few exhausted-looking sunflowers this morning.

CFlat wrote: »

On a boat in Carrick on Shannon getting battered like **** here. It's probably worse on the water but in all my years boating I don't think I've experienced something as bad.

Jaysus, that's either v brave or v foolish! As much as I love being tucked up on a boat in a blow, I'm not sure I'd have tried it last night. Hope you survived the night!

Graces7 · 20-08-2020 08:01AM

Zapperzy wrote: »

Neighbours tin shed clean gone this morning, gone over 3 walls knocking one.

I lost sunflowers, lupins and all my radish seedlings. Would've been worse if I'd not prepared. Woke up at 1.45am with the wind howling, I almost never wake up during storms!

East Galway.

That word had me racing outside! Ah poor lupins! Felled by Ellen! Still a few buds left though.. Flowers are hard fought for out here. And they make lovely cut flowers..

Sephiroth_dude · 20-08-2020 08:06AM

No power loss here in Ballincollig, was half expecting to wake up to it gone.

20-08-2020 08:06AM

My little area of the world seems to have missed the brunt of the storm, thankfully.

I hope everyone is ok. It’s good that there are no reports of loss of life.

Graces7 · 20-08-2020 08:10AM

Crazy out there but energising in a way. The sky is that shade of navy blue/purple ….
Next job is to sort re the grocery delivery which will not be happening today.

Still one cat awol. Poor lad is probably hiding. Can't blame him as the wind is still ferocious. Love the look of the ocean in these circumstances.

And another sideways deluge now.

Storm Ellen - 19th/20th August 2020

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