Rainfall warnings and possible widespread thunderstorms Fri 19 July 2019

Graces7 · 19-07-2019 2:44pm

Loud heavy rain... nice! thunder headache is back too... west mayo offshore

PukkaStukka · 19-07-2019 2:58pm

Heavy equatorial shower in Dublin city centre. No sparks.

**Edit. Sun back out almost straight after the deluge

Kutebride · 19-07-2019 3:04pm

Was expecting it so much worse. Some heavy showers at 10-11am. That was it. The humidity is yuk tho.
Meath.

Jpmarn · 19-07-2019 3:11pm

It is still very quiet around Ireland yet. Some heavy showers about. There was one passing Limerick a while ago. A bit jealous of thunderstorm activity in Italy, Greece and the Balkans. I hope it might get busy by teatime.

Graces7 · 19-07-2019 3:15pm

interesting the way met have changed the warnings.. covered all bases

Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Ireland
Heavy thundery downpours will give high totals of rainfall in short spaces of time today/early tonight leading to localized spot flooding.

dacogawa · 19-07-2019 4:14pm

Some strikes in the midlands now.

Oscar Bravo · 19-07-2019 4:17pm

Some nasty showers around the Mullingar/Tullamore area now. Aircraft up at 32,000 feet asking Shannon control to go around the cloud tops.

ZX7R · 19-07-2019 4:22pm

A few Sparks showing up on the radar in the Midlands

KrakityJones · 19-07-2019 4:23pm

Rumble just now in east Galway

Oscar Bravo · 19-07-2019 4:24pm

Lots of strikes appearing now

KrakityJones · 19-07-2019 4:27pm

Weird stuff going on in the air - you'd think it was flat calm outside but hyperlapse video shows different...

https://imgur.com/x9JT3Yw

robclay26 · 19-07-2019 4:53pm

Very bad here in Delvin Co. Westmeath , mental rain and frequent lightning

patneve2 · 19-07-2019 4:57pm

Looking at the radar and lightning maps, that's a proper storm over W. Meath atm

robclay26 · 19-07-2019 4:59pm

patneve2 wrote: »

Looking at the radar and lightning maps, that's a proper storm over W. Meath atm

Yes! It’s pretty bad!

19-07-2019 5:02pm

Lovely and sunny in west Dublin. The odd shower here and there but nothing major.

pad199207 · 19-07-2019 5:04pm

Torrential rain and hail in Kildare and small rumble

Kutebride · 19-07-2019 5:17pm

Getting spicy......thunder in the distance Meath

highdef · 19-07-2019 5:21pm

Kutebride wrote: »

Getting spicy......thunder in the distance Meath

Athboy now, then Kells and maybe Virginia shortly for some serious storm action.

RobertKK · 19-07-2019 5:26pm

Quite a boring day here in Kilkenny, had hoped for more...

snowgal · 19-07-2019 5:26pm

Good few grumbles here in Meath now. Gone very dark too......

pad199207 · 19-07-2019 5:33pm

Absolute monsoon in Naas

squarecircles · 19-07-2019 5:40pm

anyone know when the thundery showers will get going in the west???

County Mayo is under a thundery shower warning on meteoalarm but there hasnt been any action yet.

yet another balls up with the warning by Met Eireann.

q85dw7osi4lebg · 19-07-2019 5:42pm

Thunder now in East Meath, very warm.

lolie · 19-07-2019 5:43pm

Loads of thunder east of here over meath, if only it was a few miles west.
Shows up well on sat24
https://en.sat24.com/en/gb/visual

TTLF · 19-07-2019 5:43pm

Hoping for some good Thundery Showers

KildareP · 19-07-2019 5:43pm

Lightningmaps showing lots of strikes nearby here (North Kildare) but don't see any lightning and certainly no thunder.

Rikand · 19-07-2019 5:44pm

On the drive home from work there was some seriously impressive looking cloud formations about the place.

Hopefully some of it results in lightning around Athlone later on

Longing · 19-07-2019 5:44pm

http://map.blitzortung.org/#9.44/53.8723/-7.0646

Zoom out if needed

Manitoban · 19-07-2019 5:45pm

Thunder in Ardee Co Louth, very dark sky. Haven’t seen any lightning yet.

KildareP · 19-07-2019 5:52pm

Now looking straight into the cloud that should be absolute lit up over Edenderry according to Lightningmaps but not so much as a flicker or a rumble out of it. Is it possible the thunderstorm activity is so high up to be above cloud cover and inaudible?

Rikand · 19-07-2019 5:57pm

On the drive home from work there was some seriously impressive looking cloud formations about the place.

Hopefully some of it results in lightning around Athlone later on

-edit- speak of the devil, there's some now. Long low rumbles

q85dw7osi4lebg · 19-07-2019 5:58pm

Long old grumbles here on East Coast Meath, not loud just long. Has just started bucketing down. No flashes to be seen yet.

Rock Lesnar · 19-07-2019 6:14pm

Was up in the homeplace today, seneschalstown in meath, we got absolutely lashed out of it, never seen rain like it, roads are flooded in places, long rumbles of thunder, lots of lightening

Rikand · 19-07-2019 6:23pm

Great storm here in Athlone. Torrential rain and frequent thunder and lightning.

Not able to get any videos cause the kids are scared and I need to distract them lok

Rikand · 19-07-2019 6:25pm

squarecircles wrote: »

anyone know when the thundery showers will get going in the west???

County Mayo is under a thundery shower warning on meteoalarm but there hasnt been any action yet.

yet another balls up with the warning by Met Eireann.

Its a lightning storm. It does what it wants

NufcNavan · 19-07-2019 6:51pm

Thunder and lightning the past hour or so in Meath. Haven't seen showers like it in a long time. Bound to be some flooding on the roads.

Swellan · 19-07-2019 6:55pm

Massive downpour in Cavan town with a few rumbles of thunder and lightning. Getting heavier by the minute

KildareP · 19-07-2019 6:55pm

Really weird evening out here.

Clouds are haring past at the moment and alternates very quickly from bright to very dark.

Very little rain though and no lightning/thunder activity despite Lightningmaps saying there was nearby.

There's a whole band dividing the north and south of the country that seems to be active and with heavyvrain according to met.ie though.

Almost tempted to drive towards Westmeath to get in on the action up in Athlone! :-)

redsteveireland · 19-07-2019 6:56pm

Just arrived in Galway, drove from Kilbeggan and it was pretty much a storm for the whole journey, great lightning strikes, torrential rain, wow. Unfortunately there was a crash near Loughrea. Still rumbling away here. Buzzing.

I had my son on camera duty so I will check later.

Meteorite58 · 19-07-2019 6:57pm

After getting wet and windy here near Tralee this evening. Wonder if the trough moving in over Kerry could get a lift over the land and become unstable enough to produce some sparks.

EDIT: looking through the charts probably no more lightning here in Kerry today.

Oneiric 3 · 19-07-2019 6:58pm

Violent, but much needed downpour in Tuam. Totals really toting up.

Edit: Rain rate now passed 200mm/ph. Lighting getting more frequent. Some big forks. Insane rain!

Mars Bar · 19-07-2019 7:07pm

You could feel the boiling in the air earlier in Tuam. It is absolutely belting it down now.

Oneiric 3 · 19-07-2019 7:07pm

This rain in incredible, 20.1 mm already.

Edit: make that 25mm.

Rock Lesnar · 19-07-2019 7:13pm

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Was up in the homeplace today, seneschalstown in meath, we got absolutely lashed out of it, never seen rain like it, roads are flooded in places, long rumbles of thunder, lots of lightening

Back at my house now and we're getting a repeat of what was up in the homeplace apart from the rain is alot heavier.

Sky seems to be brightening from the south, could be near over in the next 30mins

SlowBlowin · 19-07-2019 7:14pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

After getting wet and windy here near Tralee this evening. Wonder if the trough moving in over Kerry could get a lift over the land and become unstable enough to produce some sparks.

EDIT: looking through the charts probably no more lightning here in Kerry today.

Thank f*£k

Oneiric 3 · 19-07-2019 7:17pm

Rain easing up now but some real 'strobe' effect lightning. Thunder sounds very boomy and high based.

Meteorite58 · 19-07-2019 7:24pm

Still firing.

YeaYeaSure · 19-07-2019 7:30pm

Very little rain here all day since 9am in West Limerick. Rained very heavily last night . Actually got a little sunburned working on a roof in the afternoon.

Swellan · 19-07-2019 7:32pm

Rain easing up in Cavan town now. All the action heading Northeast

19:38-- update. 4 lightning strikes in last 2 minutes. No rain

Meteorite58 · 19-07-2019 7:35pm

This morning and afternoons lightning.

Rainfall warnings and possible widespread thunderstorms Fri 19 July 2019

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