Storm Desmond - Heavy Rainfall 4/5 December 2015

JanuarySnowstor · 05-12-2015 11:14pm

Lots of flood reports coming in tonight.
Plenty more to come down from the hills and mountains over next 48hours.
Tomorrow might be dry but the damage already done

Wonder what about the dam in cork
Will be under pressure in coming days.
All very 2009 like and we all know the Winter that followed

UrbanSprawl · 05-12-2015 11:14pm

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Tomorrow is looking quite good actually. Calm dry and bright.

The calm before the next deluge.

Padster90s · 05-12-2015 11:15pm

acassells80 wrote: »

not looking forward to the drive from Dublin to Galway in the morning ! Is the rain due to have stopped by 10am?

Like other posters have said it should be ok weather wise. Allow yourself more time on the journey though. I'm up west this weekend and traffic hasn't been doing more than 80kph with all the surface water which I'd imagine will still be around tomorrow!

maquiladora · 05-12-2015 11:20pm

There will be some further rain tomorrow, mainly for the southwest and west again. Should start to push into the southwest around 6pm.

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km79 · 05-12-2015 11:22pm

maquiladora wrote: »

There will be some further rain tomorrow, mainly for the southwest and west again. Should start to push into the southwest around 6pm.

you are the Grinch

fepper · 05-12-2015 11:23pm

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

Lots of flood reports coming in tonight.
Plenty more to come down from the hills and mountains over next 48hours.
Tomorrow might be dry but the damage already done

Wonder what about the dam in cork
Will be under pressure in coming days.
All very 2009 like and we all know the Winter that followed

i m getting old but do you mean the cold spell 09/10?

Padster90s · 05-12-2015 11:24pm

maquiladora wrote: »

There will be some further rain tomorrow, mainly for the southwest and west again. Should start to push into the southwest around 6pm.

Go home Ireland, you're drunk!

Oneiric 3 · 05-12-2015 11:25pm

Event total at Claremorris ( 4pm yesterday up to 11pm tonight): 94.2 mm

maquiladora · 05-12-2015 11:25pm

Water level still rising slightly at Bandon Bridge, 3.32m.

pauldry · 05-12-2015 11:26pm

The feathers wucked. Burrrrp

83.4mm Shligeach

Get drunk ireland

Padster90s · 05-12-2015 11:30pm

fepper wrote: »

i m getting old but do you mean the cold spell 09/10?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_2009%E2%80%9310_in_Great_Britain_and_Ireland

Senna · 05-12-2015 11:30pm

Wind dropped and rain stopped for about an hour in Donegal, but rain back on without the wind.

maquiladora · 05-12-2015 11:37pm

In the UK, tweet from Environment Agency director :

@johncurtinEA

Provisional figures from a rain gauge in Honister shows 352mm of rain fell in 24hrs. If verified this would be a new UK record #StormDesmond

JCX BXC · 05-12-2015 11:43pm

Looking at the Bandon webcam the water level seems to have noticeably risen further!

irishgeo · 05-12-2015 11:43pm

Light rain in Castlebar now.

sryanbruen · 05-12-2015 11:45pm

maquiladora wrote: »

In the UK, tweet from Environment Agency director :

Well if it is confirmed... that record didn't stand for long... :eek:. I find it funny and interesting how I escaped the very heavy rainfall of November 19, 2009 and I was on holidays in Paris.

thomil · 05-12-2015 11:51pm

I don't know if it's been mentioned here yet, but apparently the army is being deployed to assist with the situation in Bandon and Kerry, at least according to Minister Coveney's Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/SimonCoveney/posts/1212730605409273?fref=nf

Henwin · 05-12-2015 11:54pm

thomil wrote: »

I don't know if it's been mentioned here yet, but apparently the army is being deployed to assist with the situation in Bandon and Kerry, at least according to Minister Coveney's Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/SimonCoveney/posts/1212730605409273?fref=nf

ya some bad floods in tralee and kenmare
http://traleetoday.ie/army-called-into-tralee-to-help-in-flooded-areas/

maquiladora · 05-12-2015 11:55pm

3.75m rise in one day here.

http://waterlevel.ie/0000034013/0001/day/

pedigree 6 · 06-12-2015 12:07am

Here's a clip I saw of flooding in Kerry on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrFpb5Nopk

JCX BXC · 06-12-2015 12:10am

Carnacalla wrote: »

Looking at the Bandon webcam the water level seems to have noticeably risen further!

Wow it's getting even worse. Id be stretched to say its worse than the 2009 floods. Anyone have any other updates from Bandon?

Webcam here :http://www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/bandon
Thanks for posting earlier.

maquiladora · 06-12-2015 12:13am

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Here's a clip I saw of flooding in Kerry on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWrFpb5Nopk

http://www.riverspy.net/opwgauge.html?code=22006

maquiladora · 06-12-2015 12:15am

Carnacalla wrote: »

Wow it's getting even worse. Id be stretched to say its worse than the 2009 floods. Anyone have any other updates from Bandon?

Webcam here :http://www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/bandon
Thanks for posting earlier.

Water level is about 0.9m below the 2009 record.

JCX BXC · 06-12-2015 12:16am

maquiladora wrote: »

Water level is about 0.9m below the 2009 record.

Thats a fair bit...still bad :P

May I ask how you find out?

SeaBreezes · 06-12-2015 12:18am

Carnacalla wrote: »

Wow it's getting even worse. Id be stretched to say its worse than the 2009 floods. Anyone have any other updates from Bandon?

Webcam here :http://www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/bandon
Thanks for posting earlier.

Pics of the river, its facebook (not mine) not sure if you can see:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=560863540737015&set=pcb.560863647403671&type=3&theater

km79 · 06-12-2015 12:19am

I'm exhausted ! glad its over?.....

SeaBreezes · 06-12-2015 12:19am

And high tide is 2am :-(

waterways · 06-12-2015 12:20am

Lumi wrote: »

My stations record (in Galway City) for daily rainfall has been broken
Total since midnight now stands at 63.0mm, previous record was 62.0mm in Nov 2009

From what I saw today is not only Galway but also the Shannon catchment area sucked and a flood wave on the way down. Not sure if the people of Portumna will be happy that Meelick has been dredged. Hope I'm wrong.

maquiladora · 06-12-2015 12:25am

3.37m. Seems to be leveling off now at Bandon Bridge.

Met Eireann short range model is showing even more intense rain for 2am now. Will it be right? Rarely see grey colours.

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Meteorite58 · 06-12-2015 12:32am

Just checked the manual gauge, 56.4mm so far for event here in Ardfert . Was thinking we are getting off light as the mountains are probably soaking up most of the rainfall before it gets to us here a bit further North.

Still raining.

Padster90s · 06-12-2015 12:33am

maquiladora wrote: »

3.37m. Seems to be leveling off now at Bandon Bridge.

Met Eireann short range model is showing even more intense rain for 2am now. Will it be right? Rarely see grey colours.

Going by ME current rainfall radar this doesn't seem to be happening. Is the current rainfall radar a bit iffy?

Meteorite58 · 06-12-2015 12:36am

It's the forecast rain for 02.00 from the short range model.

Oneiric 3 · 06-12-2015 12:41am

Rain has eased here and seems to be little more on the way, yet temp is still on 12.1c with continued squally gusts from a SW direction, which suggests that the main cold front has not gone through yet. Pressure is also falling a little after a temporary rise earlier.

pauldry · 06-12-2015 12:42am

Garavogue

This may not work sorry

maquiladora · 06-12-2015 12:43am

Keswick in Cumbria had these glass flood walls built above the regular walls by the river. But tonight they weren't enough. Truly exceptional event.

pauldry · 06-12-2015 12:50am

Garavogue high level

Ah feck cant get it to link

Go to youtube

Garavogue Storm Desmond

And youll see

Fcuk internet whrn drunk

91mm of rain

2600mm of Guinness

Meteorite58 · 06-12-2015 12:53am

Temperature beginning to drop in the NW as the cold front makes its way across the country .

pauldry · 06-12-2015 12:59am

Was wondering why my temp had gone from 13.3c to 7.1c

Min will be 3c

Rock Lesnar · 06-12-2015 1:03am

Stopped raining around 4 here in my part of meath, and thankfully didnt get the rain i was expecting from this storm, so escaped the flooding i was expecting to, seen some unbelievable pics from over in england and here in the west, its hateful watching water rise while thinking will it come into the house or not, so to anybody whose effected by flooding, you have my sympathies

Rougies · 06-12-2015 1:06am

pauldry wrote: »

Garavogue high level

Ah feck cant get it to link

Go to youtube

Garavogue Storm Desmond

And youll see

Fcuk internet whrn drunk

91mm of rain

2600mm of Guinness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xRo-2uyOqU

Le_Dooner · 06-12-2015 1:10am

It seems like anytime there's strong wind and a few millimeters of rain people go into panic mode, I'd hate to see the chaos if a real storm actually hit these shores.

JCX BXC · 06-12-2015 1:14am

Le_Dooner wrote: »

It seems like anytime there's strong wind and a few millimeters of rain people go into panic mode, I'd hate to see the chaos if a real storm actually hit these shores.

I'd hate to see the hypocriticalness you would emit if your house flooded.

Padster90s · 06-12-2015 1:16am

Le_Dooner wrote: »

It seems like anytime there's strong wind and a few millimeters of rain people go into panic mode, I'd hate to see the chaos if a real storm actually hit these shores.

Alot more than a few millimeters has fallen!

Rougies · 06-12-2015 1:17am

Le_Dooner wrote: »

It seems like anytime there's strong wind and a few millimeters of rain people go into panic mode, I'd hate to see the chaos if a real storm actually hit these shores.

I haven't seen anyone in panic mode except for yer wan on RTE this evening.

Nabber · 06-12-2015 1:17am

Le_Dooner wrote: »

It seems like anytime there's strong wind and a few millimeters of rain people go into panic mode, I'd hate to see the chaos if a real storm actually hit these shores.

A few mm.

I'd reckon you are in an area that got little or no rain and 1. You are assuming the rest of the country is the same or 2. You didn't get the weather you wanted so you are disgruntled.

This weather is sever for Ireland. We don't get rain like this too often. Should we only reserve red warnings for tornadoes and hurricanes?

JCX BXC · 06-12-2015 1:20am

It appears the forecast rain for 1-2am hasn't come about.

Le_Dooner · 06-12-2015 1:21am

Carnacalla wrote: »

I'd hate to see the hypocriticalness you would emit if your house flooded.

It isn't that I'm poking fun at people who have their houses flooded, not sure where you got that from though I'm assuming you are easily offended, its the state of panic many people get themselves into when there's a minute chance they will get affected. I saw people on twitter in shock about flooding in Bandon I think, posted a picture of a street with about as much water that would go up to your ankle. You'd wonder how we'd cope if we had weather conditions similar to Asia

Padster90s · 06-12-2015 1:24am

Carnacalla wrote: »

It appears the forecast rain for 1-2am hasn't come about.

I was thinking the same too. It would have been showing up around half 11 or midnight. I Hope is doesn't come about, most places could do without it!

Rikand · 06-12-2015 1:24am

Carnacalla wrote: »

It appears the forecast rain for 1-2am hasn't come about.

it has in Athlone

I'd even go as far as to say this is the heaviest rain of the entire event

Le_Dooner · 06-12-2015 1:25am

Anyway at least people can now have interesting conversations about the weather

Storm Desmond - Heavy Rainfall 4/5 December 2015

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