Heavy rain/storms Friday 20th - Saturday 21st (pt2)

[grab my graupel]

Some very sad footage of some poor woman who'd just raced home from work to find her two cats had drowned at home.

Aawww! that is really sad I'm sure Tamara will be upset to hear that news too

[03jtrickey]

DOGS32!!! Our FLOOD DEFENSES HAVE JUST OVERFLOWED!!!!

[Hurricane Andrew]

Heavy rain here front garden flooded in places

[03jtrickey]

Ive just been cycling and its rly bad ambulances, police cars, fire engines... everywhere everywhere is getting flooded

[dogs32]

DOGS32!!! Our FLOOD DEFENSES HAVE JUST OVERFLOWED!!!!

its going to get worse before it gets better...seven rising fast..river chelt I was told was bad

Ive just been cycling and its rly bad ambulances, police cars, fire engines... everywhere everywhere is getting flooded

yea trickey...ive heard that all day in distance...you should of come down to hatherley..the streets were or still are torrents of water(Warden hill)

trickey got friends in 3 foot of water

most of my lessons were cancelled due to flooding they couldnt get here

Edited July 20, 2007 by dogs32

[sunny scunny]

Heavy rain here now and it's going to rain all night

[pottyprof]

My heart goes out to everyone down there Trickey. After seeing Catcliffe's impenetrable defences go twice in recent years it's pretty much a disheartening situation. I hope everyone is safe.

[Pickles]

Rescue operation ongoing in Bromyard at the moment and many others in the Hereford area

[dogs32]

My heart goes out to everyone down there Trickey. After seeing Catcliffe's impenetrable defences go twice in recent years it's pretty much a disheartening situation. I hope everyone is safe.

yea we have to pick the peices of this girl whos just had a baby her place is 3 foot of sewage...here more sirens

raining heavy again

Ive just took her cat from her(little bill)

Edited July 20, 2007 by dogs32

[*Stormforce~beka*]

All this reminds me of 2000?? Can't remember when but somewhen arond there where Winchester city centre was flooded and Daniel remembers York being flooded also. Does any one have the details of these events? I've been looking up on the net but cant find any thing ... !

[Herefordweather]

Hereford is at a stand still. Everywhere is flooding. Belmont Road, Merton Meadow Car Park, The Racecourse. Westfields Football Club. Widemarsh Common, Bromyard, Ross Road, Holmer School and the local Leisure Centre.

[johnholmes]

Good afternoon folks (though it really isn't for a lot of people and as John says, the worst in terms of water levels might not be for hours or days yet). I've been out again with the local drainage board - rain started here around 4pm and has been relentless since, moderate or heavy and looking at the Met Office radar we only just on the northern edge of the heaviest band. There was also a couple of rumbles of thunder in the last ten minutes.

Telemetry data on a few of the drainage board main water courses is showing that the Wolds is obviously getting a soaking and we're starting to see a small rise in water levels in the highland catchments. This is alarming when considered in conjunction with the Met office warning for rain here until perhaps 2 or 3 tomorrow morning. I'm out again at 8 pm and back at around 11 for what could be a pretty unpleasant night.

I don't envy you your job at all.

[SalopWatcher]

Nightmare in Shrewsbury today, but does not sound as bad as further south... torrential rain from 10am untill 5.30, roads flooded all over the place and the A5 around town a nightmare....

if its the same in North Wales then were looking at flooding of the town center tonight, apparently the severn is predicted to up over a meter and a half through till midnight... mental...

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Skies have cleared here in the last three-quarters of an hour - almost no cloud here apart from what I think is cirrostratus to the NW. Terribly sad about the lady with the cats; my heart goes out to her.

[Pickles]

Dear oh dear, things are getting extremely serious in this area, just heard that a caravan has been sept into the river with people still inside.

[SalopWatcher]

Dear oh dear, things are getting extremely serious in this area, just heard that a caravan has been sept into the river with people still inside.

That sounds VERY serious!!!!

[Just Before Dawn]

I don't envy you your job at all.

Ups and downs, John - like everybody's job. Could do without days like today - even my bones feel wet.

I do have a question though - what's the wind direction likely to be around midnight tonight (high water for this part of the world)? - we've got a 6m tide progged for midnight tonight - with a E, NE or ENE, this might present us with a few problems relating to tidal lock. Might not be an issue tonight but could be tomorrow if the damned rain doesn't stop.

[grab my graupel]

My heart goes out to everyone down there Trickey. After seeing Catcliffe's impenetrable defences go twice in recent years it's pretty much a disheartening situation. I hope everyone is safe.

I couldn't agree more Potty mate. This summer has been a joke IMO.

Like you the main thing is that everyone stays safe.

I concider myself fortunate to live where I do and that I aren't affected by flooding.

I do know people who have been and it is not very nice, I am certain of that.

I sincerely wish those who have been affected (no matter how trivial it may seem to others)

all the best.

Brian

[Mark Bayley]

Just seen local forecast and it says rain carrying on throughout the night and the meto updated forecast says heavy rain for me tonight. However looking at the radar it lookms as though it is clearing with some light patchy rain behind it.

[dogs32]

God its like glos area got a target on it...gone realy heavy again

check out this escape from water

http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/displ...tentPK=17889564

Trickey are you there or

jane

Edited July 20, 2007 by dogs32

[*Stormforce~beka*]

I agree! I live on top of a hill extremely lucky!! I am off to town now to order from Pizza hut and while I am waiting I am going to go round the river and see if its flooded.

[Krasnoyarsk Yenesei]

PottyProf - unless the rain stops falling relatively soon, Catcliffe is going to be in trouble again. The River Rother was still very high even before the rain began at 4pm this afternoon. Since then it has intensified and the forecast does not appear to offer great hope. Rotherham Council say they are better prepared this time. We will see.

[sunny scunny]

Torrential rain here at the moment but looking at the latest

meto radar it shouldn't last too long

[Herefordweather]

Hereford is going to be cut off soon. Rain is as heavy as it has been all day. Surely well over 4 inches now here. Places which I thought could never flood, are now beginning to flood....

[grab my graupel]

Well I have just been listening to the crap on Sky T.V. where the weather person

said that this is all down to global warming because of more heat and instability in the atmosphere

What utter Rubbish!!!!!!!!!

Edited July 20, 2007 by grab my graupels