Rainfall warnings and possible widespread thunderstorms Fri 19 July 2019

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.

Oneiric 3 · 19-07-2019 7:41pm

Sitting in my room here watching some nice, if increasingly infrequent crawlers to my north. Resulting thunder getting more distant sounding.

I think it was on this day 2 or 3 years ago we had a similar storm on this very day (July 19th) but it occurred during the nightime hours instead.

Meteorite58 · 19-07-2019 7:43pm

Belting down rain here in Tralee and very windy up to 63km/h

Rock Lesnar · 19-07-2019 7:45pm

Bucketing down again here in meath, unreal rain

snowgal · 19-07-2019 7:51pm

Yep round 2 here near Trim! It’s mad, I’m standing outside (in shelter!) and although the whole sky looks exactly the same, dark clouds all around, the rain just goes into mad crazy bursts of lashing, then easing, then absolutely lashing again, but I can’t see how as cloud doesn’t look different! If that makes sense! :P

Oneiric 3 · 19-07-2019 7:52pm

Thunder and lightning seem to be getting closer again. Lightning has an orange tinge about it.

Rock Lesnar · 19-07-2019 8:07pm

Could really do with the rain stopping now

Donegal Storm · 19-07-2019 8:26pm

Interesting 'pulsing' returns on the radar, really shows how unstable the atmosphere is in the Midlands with huge changes frame to frame.

Plenty rain here all evening but nothing interesting, just plain old light/moderate stuff

road_high · 19-07-2019 8:26pm

Will we see anything in the south east? Specifically Laois Kilkenny Carlow triangle?

Rock Lesnar · 19-07-2019 8:31pm

Rain eased considerably here in meath, but still thunder and lightening

Oscar Bravo · 19-07-2019 8:32pm

Thunder to the east of Castlebar now. Towards claremorris

JupiterKid · 19-07-2019 8:35pm

Got a little windier here in Dublin (which is welcome) but no sign of any rain or thunder...

...and to think I cancelled a bbq at my place this evening over this forecast - grrr!!

Swellan · 19-07-2019 8:44pm

Feels like the clouds are just circling us in Cavan

Oneiric 3 · 19-07-2019 8:48pm

Just got a notification here telling me that 'rain will start in 30 mins'. Thing is, it's been pissing out of the heavens for the last hour. I'll say it again but that Shannon Radar, which the entire west of Ireland depends on, is totally and utterly feckin' useless.

Edit, torrential rain again with low vis.

pauldry · 19-07-2019 9:00pm

2.4mm of rain so far today in Sligo. Look at radar and see our charmed life.

pad199207 · 19-07-2019 9:00pm

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

Just got a notification here telling me that 'rain will start in 30 mins'. Thing is, it's been pissing out of the heavens for the last hour. I'll say it again but that Shannon Radar, which the entire west of Ireland depends on, is totally and utterly feckin' useless.

Edit, torrential rain again with low vis.

Have you no Gauge to measure all this rain?