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  1. Oas

    Oasismad BFC New Member

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    The Flood Forecasting Centre issued an Extreme Rainfall Alert at 06:44 local on Monday, 15 June 2009

    Alert for the following regions:

    Powys
    Ceredigion
    Pembrokeshire
    Carmarthenshire
    Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
    Devon
    Plymouth
    Somerset
    Cambridgeshire
    Norfolk
    Suffolk
    Peterborough
    S Yorkshire
    N Lincolnshire
    E Riding of Yorkshire
    N Yorkshire
    York
    Durham
    Northumberland
    Darlington
    Cumbria
    W Yorkshire
    Lincolnshire
    Nottinghamshire

    Reference number: 15

    Start of event: 11:00 local time on Monday, 15 June 2009
    End of event: 03:00 local time on Tuesday, 16 June 2009

    There is a 20% probability of rainfall amounts exceeeding 40 millimetres in 3 hours
    Event total accumulations of 60 millimetres are possible

    In some areas within those listed extreme rainfall may lead to surface water flooding.
     
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    I heard about this on my way to work this morning. I'm over near Manchester today and it's gorgeous; i hope it stays like this.
     
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    is it raining heavily in Barnsley yet? nt
     
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    Not heavy but the Thunder is very loud nt
     
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    Pissing it down now.

    Really heavy rain.
     
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    DJ Fatty Boy Well-Known Member

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    Arsing itr down now

    The bloke up the tower crane operating it at gateway Plaza must have some balls with all the lightning.
     
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    Heavy rain, loud thunder and powerful lightning here.

    Can't hear myself think.
     
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    No thunder or lightening in Somerset yet. Dead muggy, though nt
     
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    cianing it down in Bradford

    this thunder/lightning display is quite something too.
     
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    It looks like it'll be hitting Leeds city centre soon as well.
     
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    hope they wern't brass ones

    :D
     
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