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Old September 30th 14, 03:27 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Severe flooding in Montpellier (SW France): 290 mm rain in 12 hours

On Tuesday, 30 September 2014 15:20:46 UTC+1, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Monday, 29 September 2014 22:42:09 UTC+1, Colin Youngs wrote:



Montpellier in SW France had 290 mm rain in the 12 hours ending 18.00 UTC (20.00 local time) today, Monday. 201 mm rain fell in 3 hours between 14..00 and 17.00 local time, including 91 mm in the hour between 15.00 and 16.00. Severe flooding as a result in the city and in surrounding towns. Many photos here http://www.midilibre.fr/2014/09/29/i...es,1057998.php Location http://tinyurl.com/k76v26z http://tinyurl.com/ma75et3


Colin Youngs Brussels



That is a tremendous amount of rain and I look forward to a meteorological explanation (anyone). The surface charts give no clue.



Excellent pictures, with their understated captions.



Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.


Watching the radar yesterday it looked like a persistent convergence line

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