uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) (uk.sci.weather) For the discussion of daily weather events, chiefly affecting the UK and adjacent parts of Europe, both past and predicted. The discussion is open to all, but contributions on a practical scientific level are encouraged.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Old October 1st 06, 05:46 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
JT JT is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by Weather-Banter: Aug 2006
Posts: 177
Default Torrential rain Solihull 1746hr

126.3 mm hr just recorded.
all downpipes could not cope
5cm standing water on patio

lightning++ blew trips for lighting circuits.

JT Dorridge
Solihull



  #2   Report Post  
Old October 1st 06, 07:14 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by Weather-Banter: May 2006
Posts: 142
Default Torrential rain Solihull 1746hr

Yes, it's been an interesting day here in Guildford too.

We had a couple of downpours that exceeded 130mm/hr although they were
short lived and I've recorded a total of "just" 16.8mm for the day.

Cheers

Neil

JT wrote:
126.3 mm hr just recorded.
all downpipes could not cope
5cm standing water on patio

lightning++ blew trips for lighting circuits.

JT Dorridge
Solihull


  #3   Report Post  
Old October 1st 06, 08:51 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by Weather-Banter: May 2006
Posts: 2,129
Default Torrential rain Solihull 1746hr

In uk.sci.weather on Sun, 1 Oct 2006, JT wrote :

126.3 mm hr just recorded.
all downpipes could not cope
5cm standing water on patio


Sounds very much like what we experienced here.

lightning++ blew trips for lighting circuits.


Not that part, though.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
[WR]Torrential rain in South Bucks Norman Lynagh uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 6 October 25th 04 10:03 AM
Torrential rain in Coverdale Trevor Smith uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 0 August 9th 04 08:47 PM
[wr] Torrential rain nguk.. uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 1 May 5th 04 07:04 AM
Torrential rain forecast Yannis uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 3 October 30th 03 06:54 PM
[WR] Thunder,torrential rain Arthur uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) 1 July 17th 03 11:37 AM


All times are GMT. The time now is 11:43 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 Weather Banter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Weather"

 

Copyright © 2017