Atlantic Storm Watch & Coastal Flooding Events: January 2014

jkforde

Faustino wrote: »

Is the tide still coming in at Seapoint?

yes and will be for another hour i'd say going by the amount of water coming up over the prom

robclay26

AA say: avoid Bantry in west Cork till 06:30 due to flooding!

Xenji

Managed about two hours sleep before being woken, it has been non stop in Castlebar since about half 12, far worse than Stephens night, can see a lot of reports of damage popping up come daybreak and the violent gusts just keep on coming.

signostic

Xenji wrote: »

Managed about two hours sleep before being woken, it has been non stop in Castlebar since about half 12, far worse than Stephens night, can see a lot of reports of damage popping up come daybreak and the violent gusts just keep on coming.

CLAREMORRIS(A) SW 33 Gust 52 at 0600z
high mean wind of 33kts for an inland station

Storm 10

Wind gone very bad in Galway now just had a gust of 70 mph it us shaking the house, cant understand why this was not a red warning

Xenji

I see the power is out in Newport as well, over 600 households effected.

vicwatson

Ok folks, sleep over for today, me thinks its tea toast and laptop time to watch this storm and hercules

Lumi

Definitely some of the worst flooding for a few years in Galway city
The City Council are warning to avoid all coast routes through the city - The Prom, Grattan Rd, Claddagh, Fr Griffin Rd, Wolfe Tone Bridge, Spanish Parade, Docks
Still gusting up to 40 knots here though the winds seem to have peaked just before 5AM

Larbre34

Evelyn putting the mockers on Mark Cagney's tabloid sensationaliat weather bullcr@p on TV3 there. National warning in place up to 3pm

JanuarySnowstor

I presume the fall off in posts means another red herring
Surprised cork escaped this morning

Lumi

Taken at the junction between Dalysfort Road and Salthill Prom around 6.30AM


Pic by Paul O'Brien

EDIT: Water levels are receding now. It's bad in parts of Galway but its in the areas that are well used to flooding and generally well-prepared for it

jkforde

JanuarySnowstor wrote: »

I presume the fall off in posts means another red herring

huh? isn't a red herring "a diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue." so what red herring and what's the main issue?

Melanoma

Storm force in Roscommon now.

Melanoma

Lots of power outages. About 4000 without power now. The number mean it will take quite a while to fix.

ednwireland

quay car park in donegal town flooded - feel sorry for all those cars left in there last night

woody1

Wild here in crossmolina mayo since 4 in the morning, still getting some nasty gusts, the Moy is very high in Ballina, not sure if flooded better half got diverted round so I presume it is....

irish1967

Donegal Town at high tide this morning.

Melanoma

Will the one Sunday night be worse??

vicwatson

irish1967 wrote: »

Donegal Town at high tide this morning.

Discover Ireland LOL - Bring your swimming trunks !

Hope shops and peoples homes don't get damaged.

Villain

Melanoma wrote: »

Will the one Sunday night be worse??

The winds won't be as strong but flooding risk will same if not worse

ednwireland

vicwatson wrote: »

Discover Ireland LOL - Bring your swimming trunks !

Hope shops and peoples homes don't get damaged.

cant beleive that we dont have warning signs on that car park though, mind it hasnt flooded for years and now its been flooded twice in as many weeks.

the discover ireland has a wall and storm gates round it - although it looks like that front one wasnt in place :eek:

Storm 10

Well done again MT ,Galway Harbour said that the wind at the docks reached catagory 1 hurricane force, as I said earlier this should have been a red alert from ME, Leisureland has been damaged and flooded, houses and business premises flooded in the City and Salthill.

There is huge debris from the sea all over Salthill rocks as big as cars moved off the sea protection wall

Got that info from a friend in emergency service

Gee_G

The wind in Cavan over the last few hours has been far worse than any of the other storms over the past few weeks! Scary stuff!!

Tactical

Winds picked up a little arond 3am - 3.30am in West Limerick.

Not enough to warrant getting out of bed to measure though.

kopfan77

Unconfirmed reports that the river maigue in Adare in Limerick has burst its banks

Lumi

Water is receding in Galway city
This is the situation on a stretch of Salthill Prom 2,5 hrs after high tide

Tactical

ALERT

BRIDGE IN ADARE Co. LIMERICK IS CLOSED.

MAIN N21.

Due to concerns of potential bridge collapse as a result of water flow.

AA updated their roadwatch website at 8.52 with this and other information.

Mc Love

kopfan77 wrote: »

Unconfirmed reports that the river maigue in Adare in Limerick has burst its banks

It's confirmed on the aa! Also shannon had burst its banks in the Condell road in Limerick city

Just outside the city, it's still pretty blustery

Itsdacraic

Mc Love wrote: »

It's confirmed on the aa! Also shannon had burst its banks in the Condell road in Limerick city

Just outside the city, it's still pretty blustery

Main St Foynes also closed due to flooding according to AA

sunbabe08

Villain wrote: »

The winds won't be as strong but flooding risk will same if not worse

schools and colleges are back monday, it's gonna be very interesting.