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Old July 17th 09, 01:02 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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"Ken Cook" wrote in message
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On 17 July, 09:29, "Will Hand" wrote:
This situation is not a million miles away from that which gave the great
Tweed floods in 1948.
Some horrendous wet conditions today in NE England - and I know how much
Ken
loves the rain!

Hi, Will,
It's horrible! Strong N wind 11C heavy driving rain
As I have just written in another post, a further 75.0mm in past 24
hours and it's still coming down, this time over a wide area!
There can't be much more left up there, surely!
212mm so far this month.
Ken


Sheesh Ken, that's some going. For comparison with a wet area - a typical
Dartmoor December would only get 210mm. Unfortunately there is still plenty
more to come, as I said it is reminiscient of the Tweed flooding situation
in 1948. I expect this may also be an extreme rainfall event too. Thank
goodness there's a warning out :-)

Take care,

Will
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