Heavy Rainfall (Orange) Warning for Kerry, Cork, Tipp & Waterford - Tues 23 Feb

23-02-2021 12:11am

Wind seriously strong here in east Galway.

Ive been roasting all day too.

SleetAndSnow · 23-02-2021 12:15am

Very heavy rain now in cork city, pelting down

JanuarySnowstor · 23-02-2021 12:18am

Sure is heavy in Cork last 2 hours.
Flooding will depend on how much water is released at the dam. Tides are not high right now but this could be irrelevant in the greater scheme of things...

Oscar Bravo · 23-02-2021 12:29am

Heavy rain been reported at Cork airport in a gusty southerly wind

EICK 222300Z 16023G34KT 4000 +RA BKN005 BKN013 08/08 Q1006 BECMG BKN010

Past reports:

EICK 222230Z 16026G37KT 4000 +RA BKN006 BKN013 08/08 Q1006 BECMG BKN010

Oneiric 3 · 23-02-2021 12:32am

A spectacular 0.3mm here in Galway from this so far. The occasional high sounding gust is more of the main feature here, and even that seems to be waning.

igCorcaigh · 23-02-2021 12:38am

https://twitter.com/floodingireland/status/1363988440107393025?s=20

igCorcaigh · 23-02-2021 12:42am

igCorcaigh wrote: »

https://twitter.com/floodingireland/status/1363988440107393025?s=20

Nothing wrong with this twitter account.
But why are we dependant on information from private companies, and amateur accounts, no matter how excellent they may be.

We need a national public body to be responsible for flood related information.

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froog · 23-02-2021 1:03am

What would have made this a red warning for cork? This looks really bad, ground is completely soaked with water before the rain started and we have 48 hours of rain coming now.

SleetAndSnow · 23-02-2021 1:16am

Wind has picked up in the last 20 mins or so, strong gusts.. about 12mm rain in the last two hours, probably about 6 or so since around 9

redsteveireland · 23-02-2021 1:38am

Oneiric 3 wrote: »

A spectacular 0.3mm here in Galway from this so far. The occasional high sounding gust is more of the main feature here, and even that seems to be waning.

Seemed to ease for a while, gusts have returned here

nonsheep7 · 23-02-2021 2:14am

Exposed SW cork coastline, near Galley head ,nothing major,high tide next half hour

nacho libre · 23-02-2021 2:44am

Not much wind or rain to speak of here so far.

Pjkelly · 23-02-2021 2:55am

Very heavy rain upland area mid kerry so far , very gusty sse winds preceeding rain earlier, eased a little now

JCX BXC · 23-02-2021 3:30am

A bit windy and not very wet in West Clare. 2.6mm so far. Not that I expect much, yellow warnings and that.

Jaysus the weather has lost all interest in any intensity in the last year! No true storms, no heatwaves, no proper cold snaps, I've not seen any thunder or lightning, remarkably little hail. Bland, bland and more bland!

Jim Gazebo · 23-02-2021 3:37am

JCX BXC wrote: »

A bit windy and not very wet in West Clare. 2.6mm so far. Not that I expect much, yellow warnings and that.

Jaysus the weather has lost all interest in any intensity in the last year! No true storms, no heatwaves, no proper cold snaps, I've not seen any thunder or lightning, remarkably little hail. Bland, bland and more bland!

That is just where you're living!! Cork is getting battered right now. Storms cause an awful lot of problems for people, less of them the better.

JCX BXC · 23-02-2021 3:42am

Jim Gazebo wrote: »

That is just where you're living!! Cork is getting battered right now. Storms cause an awful lot of problems for people, less of them the better.

Ah that old chestnut. Now, I realise storms cause financial loss etc, however we cannot stop them. As a weather enthusiast, I will enjoy these unstoppable storms when they do come along. I'm not wishing for damage, however many of us do long for some interesting weather.

Living in West Clare, I've experienced a great number of powerful Atlantic storms over the years. I can't imagine a yellow level wind warning is doing any real damage.

Hammer Archer · 23-02-2021 6:39am

Villain wrote: »

The UK have a flood warning system but ours isn’t up and running yet, however Met Éireann have one coming with a team working on it.

The problem with the current system is the rainfall warnings don’t take River levels or precious rainfall into account. You could have 30mm every day for a week and it would be all Yellow warnings but the impact would obviously get worse as the cumulative effect was felt. That is the clear issue with the current system.

MÉ do issue warnings based on the impact rather than just the numerical values and explain as much on their website.
I think that, while the current warnings are generally accurate (more or less), the issuing of warnings by county could be changed, especially in cases of storms where coastal flooding would be the main issue.

bassy · 23-02-2021 6:40am

High winds and rain all night,still at it now in north Kilkenny

DOCARCH · 23-02-2021 7:34am

Very windy start in Dublin 16 with patchy rain.

SlowBlowin · 23-02-2021 7:41am

Up all night and its still has not peaked here, the winds are at their strongest now.

Much worse than I was expecting up here.

600FT ASL - McGillycuddy Reeks - Kerry

CirrusBusiness · 23-02-2021 7:50am

All awake since around 5am with the high winds and rain battering off the roof and windows. High whistles and the entire house has been creaking and knocking. Rain stopped a while ago. Was not expecting such strong gusts.

Carlow side Mt Leinster.

Villain · 23-02-2021 7:52am

94kmh at Sherkin and I see Valentia had 6mm in an hour earlier, a rather wild night and morning with another 30-50mm to come for some.

Villain · 23-02-2021 7:56am

Hammer Archer wrote: »

MÉ do issue warnings based on the impact rather than just the numerical values and explain as much on their website.
I think that, while the current warnings are generally accurate (more or less), the issuing of warnings by county could be changed, especially in cases of storms where coastal flooding would be the main issue.

They say it but the criteria then is based on values, compare it to the UK Met Office impact system, much different altogether. Hopefully the flood warning system here gets going soon. Always amazes me how many people comment after floods saying "they only had a yellow warning" yet the river next to them was already out before that warning was even issued!

KingdomRushed · 23-02-2021 8:05am

Would I be right in saying the rain bands are not as aligned as expected with the warning counties?

Rock Lesnar · 23-02-2021 8:10am

0.9mm of Rain here in meath, but fairly windy, hopefully we continue to miss the rain that was forecast

Darwin · 23-02-2021 8:13am

KingdomRushed wrote: »

Would I be right in saying the rain bands are not as aligned as expected with the warning counties?

I reckon so, my location (SW Laois) was supposed to get close to 20mm overnight, but only some light showers. Seems to be further keeping further West than forecast?

23-02-2021 8:18am

KingdomRushed wrote: »

Would I be right in saying the rain bands are not as aligned as expected with the warning counties?

Haven't seen the data, but we don't seem to have gotten as much rain as was forecast overnight here in Cork. The wind has been the major issue.

Villain · 23-02-2021 8:26am

28mm at Valentia and 24.2mm at Cork Airport up to 6am and another 20mm to 40mm to come today.

ch750536 · 23-02-2021 8:37am

Wild enough night here and still ongoing. No numbers or science but the bins are over, 16 yr old sleepy due to not sleeping and can't hear the TV on 12 so turned it up to 18.

Abbeyfeale 860ft needing my own station.

M.T. Cranium · 23-02-2021 8:40am

A wave appears to be taking heaviest rainfalls to Connacht and west Ulster this morning, and the flow to the south of Munster now appears relatively dry (for a while), heavier rain may return later today there but you could get a bit of a reprieve this morning in some parts of west Munster. Expect rapid rises in stream levels in some parts of Connacht this morning.

Munstersrebel · 23-02-2021 8:44am

SlowBlowin wrote: »

Up all night and its still has not peaked here, the winds are at their strongest now.

Much worse than I was expecting up here.

600FT ASL - McGillycuddy Reeks - Kerry

Cork city it was supposed to be 40km/ph with gusts.... but winds been howling all night.

Is it just me or have we had a lot of storms the last couple months? Seems every
week we get a storm

Jizique · 23-02-2021 8:53am

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

A wave appears to be taking heaviest rainfalls to Connacht and west Ulster this morning, and the flow to the south of Munster now appears relatively dry (for a while), heavier rain may return later today there but you could get a bit of a reprieve this morning in some parts of west Munster. Expect rapid rises in stream levels in some parts of Connacht this morning.

Looking at the met.ie chart, the counties of the west and north should take an action against whoever was responsible for the forecast.
It’s a lovely morning in Dublin, so much for the scare-mongering yellow warning.
There has barely been a day since Christmas when there hasn’t been a warning of one kind or another - can’t wait for spring and we get the pollen and UV warnings.

DOCARCH · 23-02-2021 8:58am

Jizique wrote: »

It’s a lovely morning in Dublin....

Are you under the covers in bed? In my part of Dublin it's blowing a gale with heavy rain on and off.

Also bear in mind we are 8 hours into a 24 hour day!

adocholiday · 23-02-2021 9:05am

Strong gusts in South Wicklow all through the night with some calm spells, bit of a reprieve here at the minute it seems but the strongest winds are to hit here from 12-2 according to Met Eireann. Not a huge amount of rain here overnight, I've no measurements but as of now at least Friday/Saturday last was worse in this part of the country.

Jizique · 23-02-2021 9:10am

DOCARCH wrote: »

Are you under the covers in bed? In my part of Dublin it's blowing a gale with heavy rain on and off.

Also bear in mind we are 8 hours into a 24 hour day!

It’s blowy but there wasn’t much rain overnight, shower for 20 mins around 6.15 but not too bad given the biblical warnings.

DOCARCH · 23-02-2021 9:12am

Jizique wrote: »

It’s blowy but there wasn’t much rain overnight, shower for 20 mins around 6.15 but not too bad given the biblical warnings.

The biblical warnings do not apply to Dublin.

There is a yellow wind and rain warning for Dublin which is far from biblical.

SleetAndSnow · 23-02-2021 9:16am

Windy start in cork city, woken up multiple times, really hitting the house coming from the south. Not too much rain yet, which I'm hoping was forecast wrong for all the businesses sake... Definitely windy though!

Gaoth Laidir · 23-02-2021 9:16am

Jizique wrote: »

Looking at the met.ie chart, the counties of the west and north should take an action against whoever was responsible for the forecast.
It’s a lovely morning in Dublin, so much for the scare-mongering yellow warning.
There has barely been a day since Christmas when there hasn’t been a warning of one kind or another - can’t wait for spring and we get the pollen and UV warnings.

What an absolutely ridiculous post. Please expand on the bit in bold. How would that work exactly?

Storm 10 · 23-02-2021 9:16am

A poster yesterday said that the West would get a lot of the heavy rain how right he was it's been lashing here all night and more to come looking at the radar, the South looks like it did not get the pasting they were expecting . Don't you just love ME warnings the ESB caused the flooding there

Jizique · 23-02-2021 9:17am

DOCARCH wrote: »

The biblical warnings do not apply to Dublin.

There is a yellow wind and rain warning for Dublin which is far from biblical.

It is a blowy showery day, no warning needed

Chris_5339762 · 23-02-2021 9:21am

Much less rain in Cobh than expected. 6mm so far this morning, 13mm since last night. It seems to be drifting to the north of us for the time being.

Max gust here of 47.9kmh but I know that is underreporting as my weather station isn't properly sited for wind yet. Roches Point 102kmh gust so far.

pauldry · 23-02-2021 9:22am

Just a soaking night and morning in the West. Mostly light rain here after 10am.

There appears to be another pulse of heavy rain heading to the South

SleetAndSnow · 23-02-2021 9:23am

https://twitter.com/floodingireland/status/1364117833601400835?s=19

The problem might be once the rivers in the west fill up and start heading towards city, ESB has turned down the release of water though which is great news.

TP_CM · 23-02-2021 9:28am

Jizique wrote: »

It is a blowy showery day, no warning needed

There's enough gust there to lift garden umbrellas and take clothes off a clothes line I think. I appreciated the yellow warning.

DOCARCH · 23-02-2021 9:31am

Jizique wrote: »

It is a blowy showery day, no warning needed

Have you read what the warnings actually mean?

Yellow = Not unusual weather. Localised danger.

It's simply a 'heads up' of poor weather. Will not inconvenience most, but if doing outdoor work/activities, take heed. It's far from biblical!

ongarite · 23-02-2021 9:39am

Power is gone in D15. Very windy last hour.

screamer · 23-02-2021 9:43am

Wind is and has been ripping here since about 8pm last night. Gusts are unreal, so I can only imagine what it’s like by the coasts.
High up on the north KK/ south Laois hills

2smiggy · 23-02-2021 9:44am

Very heavy wind and rain in North Cork the last hour and a half I've been up

Kutebride · 23-02-2021 9:47am

Wild, heavy rain in Meath.

Larbre34 · 23-02-2021 9:48am

ongarite wrote: »

Power is gone in D15. Very windy last hour.

3600 customers due to Macetown substation fault. Another hour they say.

Heavy Rainfall (Orange) Warning for Kerry, Cork, Tipp & Waterford - Tues 23 Feb

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