"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Bernard Burton" wrote in
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Perhaps the EA are taking an integrated value derived from
the radar ... snip

I'm reliably informed that this is the case. I've seen reports
of a flash flood also at Crackington Haven, the next village
up the coast, located at the end of an even smaller (and
therefore flashier) catchment. But half the water must
have entered the larger catchments on the other side of
the watershed (ie. in SE Cornwall) of the Ottery and
Inny rivers which drain into the Tamar, so there must have
been a notable (if shallower) flood wave on these streams
too. Anyone have any local knowledge ... around
Launceston for instance?

Philip Eden

I heard that the flash effect was amplified by a road bridge
upstream from Bocastle which at first dammed the flow. Its
collapse caused the destructive wave when the resevoir
it had formed drained.

Cheers, Alastair.


Cheers, Alastair.