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

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Moving through pretty quickly much quicker than I thought orgianlly. Almost out of the main rain band now with the sun trying to come out. Basically a heavy shower.

I'm afraid to say that you've yet to get the second batch - the curl of cloud and associated rain is passing over you, and you're currently in the "eye".

[dogs32]

Keep me updated on this, as I know 2 people driving from bristol, and oxford aswell to cheltenham this evening

how is it around the town centre?

not sure....all i know is many roads are flooding...I couldnt get far didnt wont to ruin my car as some places it was 3foot,so I tried another way ended up in a traffic jam due to the road being a river so turned back.only took a few pics as people were pxxxed off because they have raw sewage in houses

The info Ive got is from people ringing me....like JohnHolmes said they are worried about the after effects on the rivers.

Edited July 20, 2007 by dogs32

[Pickles]

Paul are you very close to Malvern, as my brother lives there and I'm wondering what it is like where he lives

Regards

Brian

BBC Flood Pics H/ford and Worcs

This should give you some idea.

[peterf]

Thanks Brian, I'm over the moon, he is a cheeky little monkey

Here's a photo of him

Me and Harry:D

Anyway back on topic, just been watching SkyNews and News24, some incredible images from London and other areas of southern England. The rainfall must have been torrential!

It's still moderate rain here, currently on 21mm, bearly an inch.

Mammatus

awesome pic mammatus i know its off topic but i dont care,he's a belter

[sunny scunny]

not much rain here at the moment with the heaviest stuff

still further south

[The PIT]

I'm afraid to say that you've yet to get the second batch - the curl of cloud and associated rain is passing over you, and you're currently in the "eye".

Nope nothing to the SE of us of note and the stuff towards Bristol is at the moment dying away. Just light showers from now on.

[grab my graupel]

While we are talking satellite images, this one looks rather nice too.

I don't mean nice as in nice

[Bobby]

Looks like I was too optimistic when I said there would only be localised flooding. Looks to be some widespread severe flooding after today's rain.

Edited July 20, 2007 by Magpie

[skywatcher]

It's reached the north east....just started raining, not a great deal at the moment but the temp has dropped, skies looking wild.

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Nope nothing to the SE of us of note and the stuff towards Bristol is at the moment dying away. Just light showers from now on.

I was thinking about the stuff that had affected Gloucestershire etc., but now looking at the radar again, you're right, it's a south-east to north-west movement, so it does look like you're in the clear.

[grab my graupel]

awesome pic mammatus i know its off topic but i dont care,he's a belter

[Bobby]

My weather map though was spot on, good job I didn't change it. We also haven't seen the worst yet, the water is still running down through the rivers. A fair bit more flooding to come.

Edited July 20, 2007 by Magpie

[Rustynailer]

do remember that when it does stop or at least ease off raining that is not the end of flooding, not by any means.

Yes its been on my mind all day, when the rain stops the rivers don't stop rising for a few days in some cases, very worrying now for people next to rivers, in places they are sadly becoming old hands at this.

I got some pictures of a funnel or rather the start of one in the Solent earlier, well maybe I'll post them in weather photographs later with some others.

From the island it is possible to make out the Dark mass beyond The South Downs, it looked very nasty a couple of hours ago from the Downs above Ventnor, our highest point.

A memorable event, terribly unfortunate for some.

Regards,

Russ

[The PIT]

House insurance will be going up next year. They'll be getting globbered as the People in the south start claiming. Listening to it on the news and you can hear the idiots in the cars beeping away. Numb skulls.

Just been caught again by the trailing edge of the rain band.

Edited July 20, 2007 by The PIT

[dogs32]

we have normal rain now without it being heavy for the first time in 10hrs

one of my friends is in deep shock...she just had new lamminate flooring put down last year now she as a few feet of sewage

Edited July 20, 2007 by dogs32

[Nick F]

The occlusion bringing the rain over Lincs, Yorks, NW England down across Wales and parts of central/western England currently looks like moving little from now until 1200hrs tomorrow, a slight North movement over N. England of the frontal boundary but it remains pretty stationary over Wales ... quite worrying for prolonged rain/flooding over these areas then:

This is the 18z tonight and 00z Saturday synoptic progs from UKMO:

18z:

00z:

front still lingering by 12z (T+24) tomorrow noon:

[NorthantsSnow]

After a brief dry spell, moderate rain is now falling across Northampton.

[grab my graupel]

The occlusion bringing the rain over Lincs, Yorks, NW England down across Wales and parts of central/western England currently looks like moving little from now until 1200hrs tomorrow, a slight North movement over N. England of the frontal boundary but it remains pretty stationary over Wales ... quite worrying for prolonged rain/flooding over these areas then:

Thanks for that Nick a very very concerning situation.

Edited July 20, 2007 by grab my graupels

[Godot]

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

[Supacell]

Not much rain here, about 2 hours of moderate rain - no sign of thunder.

Whens my next chance to see a thunderstorm?

[Just Before Dawn]

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.

Edited July 20, 2007 by Just Before Dawn

[StormChaseUK]

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

Yeh saw that on the bbc news, her business was flooded, she got home and the cats had drowned , must of be very high water as cats are normally quite smart enough to climb or hide in places.

[NorthantsSnow]

Rain intensifying yet again. I thought we'd seen the worst of it, but maybe not. Time for Metoffice to issue a new weather warning for Northamptonshire like the rest of the East Midlands?

[dogs32]

getting heavy again here..but its on and off not like earlier.

also its got very windy here

[Will storm]

Sheets of heavy rain have been falling since 4 with 2 rumbles of thunder. Flooding at the local park and outside my house.