On 30 May, 07:23, "Jack )"
wrote:
Another Boscastle or Lynmouth flash flood event must be a possibility
today. *No mention by the media though - well none that I have heard.

Jack

There's certainly a chance. I've studied most of the intense Cornish
summer north coast events of the last 20 years. There's plenty of
them, and most originally form near Tintagel Head & Trevose Head. They
are virtually all sparked off by the sea breeze setting in against a
gentle unstable SSW-SE flow, which we curently have. I think the 3 way
convergence near headlands plays a part. I was lucky enbough to see
one from it's formation - www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/SrMerrynStorm.PDF
Highest rainfall around 100mm near St Merryn west of Padstow.

I also had a good view of some decaying intense north coast showers
during a balloon fligh in August 2003.

I wouldn't live at the bottom of Boscastle, severe flooding there is
much more frequent than the EA seem to think. The report following the
last flood seemd to combine both 1950's events into 1 - possibly
because one missed all the official rain gauges.

Graham
Penzance