Just an update from my post of yesterday 17mm of rain fell in Redhill,
Surrey during quite a sharp thunderstorm around 18.00hrs. I had just 1mm 4
miles to the north.

Ian Currie-Coulsdon, Surrey
www.frostedearth.com

Ian Currie wrote:
Just an update from my post of yesterday 17mm of rain fell in Redhill,
Surrey during quite a sharp thunderstorm around 18.00hrs. I had just 1mm 4
miles to the north.

Ian Currie-Coulsdon, Surrey
www.frostedearth.com


I was underneath the 17mm - which all fell within 15 minutes,
accompanied by almost continuous lightning and thunder. The drains could
not cope and there were 25cm deep puddles in places with flooding into
buildings where it simply came under the doors. Once the rain diminished
the waters receded quickly with whirlpools showing where the drains were.
Chris Curtis

"Chris Curtis" wrote in message
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I was underneath the 17mm - which all fell within 15 minutes,

Hi, Chris/Ian.

Yeah, I know what you mean with these downpours, see my post entitled
Belated (WR) Nebwury dated 14th September which pretty much got ignored at
the time. 28mm (adjusted later to 27mm) of rainfall fell during that 20-30
minute event on that day and unofficially we were the wettest place (45mm)
in the country, ahead of Brize Norton which was suggested by the MO.

I videoed minor flooding from the storm that day and the storm also made the
local paper as it always does in this cases.

Regards

Tony

In uk.sci.weather on Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Chris Curtis
wrote :

I was underneath the 17mm - which all fell within 15 minutes,
accompanied by almost continuous lightning and thunder. The drains
could not cope and there were 25cm deep puddles

I'd call something 10" deep, slightly more than a 'puddle'!

in places with flooding into buildings where it simply came under the
doors. Once the rain diminished the waters receded quickly with
whirlpools showing where the drains were.

Any photos?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Paul Hyett wrote:
In uk.sci.weather on Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Chris Curtis
wrote :

I was underneath the 17mm - which all fell within 15 minutes,
accompanied by almost continuous lightning and thunder. The drains
could not cope and there were 25cm deep puddles

I'd call something 10" deep, slightly more than a 'puddle'!

in places with flooding into buildings where it simply came under the
doors. Once the rain diminished the waters receded quickly with
whirlpools showing where the drains were.

Any photos?

Sorry - I was too busy stopping the water ruining things!