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Old September 25th 06, 02:45 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Heavy rain and floods in east Suffolk and east Norfolk

We have been watching it through the day, and tentatively estimate that an
area from Gorleston through Yarmouth up to Walcott saw 50 to 60 mm up to
midday today, but without any reliable gauges to prove it. There has been
flooding in Yarmouth...with vehicles abandoned in floodwater up to five feet
deep in places, but this was due in part to a pumping station braking down,
and not necessarily the heavy rain.

Have a look at the following link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/5378080.stm

Phil Garner
WeatherQuest.
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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If JimB or any of his WeatherQuest colleagues are reading this,
one or two rainfall stats would be interesting and useful, especially
now that there's nothing closer in the synoptic network than
Wattisham, Marham and the not-entirely-reliable Weybourne.

I've heard an unconfirmed 38mm at North Walsham, but
without any information about the period it was recorded in.
The pictures of flooding in Gt Yarmouth on News24 suggest
something appreciably in excess of that.

Philip