" The quaint little town of Bracknell, where once boffins steeped in the
black arts of 'forecasting' the weather (as they used to put it), was
last night visited by strange drops of water falling from the sky in an
almost continuous stream. The good residents, fresh from a night of
peaceful slumbers awoke to freak rainfall totals of almost 8mm;
residents were stunned to find small pools of water on minor roads which
had long lain under a thin film of dust and ash, fresh from the heath
fires of the Surrey woodlands. Sometime overnight, the total rainfall
for August passed the magic "100%" mark - 'normal' rainfall, and the
Chief Executive of Bracknell Forest Borough Council put the emergency
plan into operation. With fresh violent downpours today of a staggering
0.7mm, the town council offices were besieged by the media: motorists
were advised to avoid the town unless their journey was absolutely
essential. "



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Martin Rowley: data via -
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/booty.weather/metindex.htm
Bracknell (Wooden Hill/Tawfield), Berkshire
NGR: SU 854 667 Elev: 80m
Lat: 51DEG23MIN30SEC(N): Long: 00DEG46MIN28SEC(W)