Severe Storm System & Arctic Blast Thursday 5th Onwards

[JK1]

How comes there is flood warning for Hampshire/Sussex areas?

[Barking_Mad]

Great Yarmouth river gauge, still going up. 24cms from the highest recorded level with plenty of time before high tide.

 

[The PIT]

Cleethorpes got away with minor flooding apparently.  According to the Beeb.

[weatherobsuk]

Main concern i'd imagine next will be the areas where the coastline of the east/southeast & France/Holland and merge closer together, in response forcing the sea into a tighter area and thus the funnelling exacerbating the height of the surge. Places further north seem to have escaped the worst of what was expected, but we're far breathing a sigh of relief just yet.

[Barking_Mad]

How comes there is flood warning for Hampshire/Sussex areas?

 

Flooding via water courses and rivers as the water goes inland.

[Barking_Mad]

Great Yarmouth 2007 floods. 

 

 

The Environment Agency admitted that the region had been within a "hair's breadth" of disaster, and that it was only good fortune that averted a catastrophe.

The freak surge striking East Anglia and Kent missed the high tide by minutes, allowing flood defences to hold out and protect thousands of homes.

The agency said that if the waters had risen by a further eight inches, it would have caused "utter devastation".

 

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1568830/Tidal-surge-devastation-averted-by-minutes.html

[SLo47]

In North Norfolk here, and hoping the surge is not as bad as expected, although being 9 miles inland, will not effect me directly flooding wise, but remember the surge of 77 (or 78) as a child, and having to wade through freezing cold water on a neighbours neck after waves were breaking down the golf club we lived in's chimney and surge flooded the main coastal roads. Not old enough to remember 1953, but by all accounts was way worse than 77 (or 78! lol). Wind was surprising here today, as storm was not hyped up days earlier in the mainstream news like more recent ones and was pretty gusty this morning, went quiet around 12pm (figured it was done), then was very windy for an hour or so past 1.30pm. Not sure exactly how strong the gusts were, but blew in some windows at work, and a few trees down blocking roads locally (not happened for a few years here, 13 at least). 

 

Wells, Cromer, Salthouse, Hunstanton, Blakeney, Snettisham and Heacham are all places I know very well and just a few miles away, and hope all the people being evacuated can return to their properties with none or minimal damage.

[gottolovethisweather]

How comes there is flood warning for Hampshire/Sussex areas?

 

The storm surge once it reaches the Belgium and French coastal areas say between 1 to 2am timeframe will have nowhere else to go, hence it funnels into the eastern English Channel. Touch wood, that region should get off more lightly though.

Edited December 5, 2013 by gottolovethisweather

[alexisj9]

Just seen weather on ITV I think it was.Talked of winds and heavy rain this evening for this region.Not much of rain today so where's it coming from?

Cheshire gap showers.

[Just Before Dawn]

Just back from the Lincolnshire Coast between Mablethorpe and Cleethorpes. It's the worst high tide storm surge I've seen since 1979 and the level of flooding in Boston, Huttoft, Cleethorpes and Skegness suggests that this event is going to pose a major threat to communities in East Anglia and the South East.

[radiohead]

Cromer :

 

 

The number of severe flood warnings has risen to 56 now.

Edited December 5, 2013 by radiohead

[weatherobsuk]

Hunstanton sea life centre is under 3 foot of water, also heard that Police Helicopter is searching for individual/s presumed missing in the River Trent.

[Polar Maritime]

Army are erecting flood defence in Norfolk 

[5thchang]

 

2035: Environment Agency Yorks & NE

tweets: The levels have peaked at #Hull now at 5.8m, the highest ever recorded - the Tidal Surge Barrier is usually triggered at 4.25m #floodaware

[radiohead]

Edit : Already posted.

 

Edited December 5, 2013 by radiohead

[alexisj9]

Hunstanton sea life centre is under 3 foot of water, also heard that Police Helicopter is searching for individual/s presumed missing in the River Trent.

Oh no, I hope they are found ok.

[weatherobsuk]

CDDFRS have been requested to assist with personnel and equipment at a major flooding incident at Humberside Airport, Hull.

 

That's a fair way inland going off the map..crikey

[Zephyr]

Getting very close to record levels now in Great Yarmouth and still a little while to peak high tide. 

 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/riverlevels/120738.aspx?stationId=6015

 

Hope everyone in coastal area's are keeping safe! 

Edited December 5, 2013 by Zephyr

[radiohead]

Scale has been adjusted to show the tide at Lowestoft now. 4.25m as of 20:15, still climbing.

 

http://www.ntslf.org/data/realtime?port=Lowestoft

 

Hawrich is about 3m above normal levels, well ahead of high tide.

 

http://www.ntslf.org/data/realtime?port=Harwich

Edited December 5, 2013 by radiohead

[gottolovethisweather]

A couple of the latest reports worthy of posting from the BBC.

 

2029: Emergency services in Humberside are asking people not go out to sightseeing because it's dangerous and is tying up emergency responders.

2029: BBC Radio York reporter Sarah Urwin, in Scarborough, says parts of the seafront are now flooded and Foreshore and Sandside have been closed by police as water is now completely covering the road. "People are up to their knees in some places, especially down near the front. People say they've never seen anything like this in their lives."

[Just Before Dawn]

CDDFRS have been requested to assist with personnel and equipment at a major flooding incident at Humberside Airport, Hull.

 

That's a fair way inland going off the map..crikey

 

CDDFRS have been requested to assist with personnel and equipment at a major flooding incident at Humberside Airport, Hull.

 

That's a fair way inland going off the map..crikey

 

That's a surprise - well inland and the drains there aren't tidal as far as I'm aware.

[gottolovethisweather]

As ever, I suggest that folk spread the word re: the following to all whom require updates.

 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/142151.aspx

 

The attached link is zoomable as mentioned by others earlier. In fact, you can clearly see there is concern regarding non-coastal areas close to prone rivers as well.

Edited December 5, 2013 by gottolovethisweather

[radiohead]

AA SORT â€@AASORT 1m

Flooding along the Rivers Tyne & Tees up to 10miles inland. Waist deep water in Boston. Reports of overtopping in Norfolk.

 

[Just Before Dawn]

Lincolnshire Police have categorised the flooding situation in the centre of the Boston as 'life threatening'.

 

I do hope Topher has evacuated safely.

[The PIT]

A couple of the latest reports worthy of posting from the BBC.

 

2029: Emergency services in Humberside are asking people not go out to sightseeing because it's dangerous and is tying up emergency responders.

2029: BBC Radio York reporter Sarah Urwin, in Scarborough, says parts of the seafront are now flooded and Foreshore and Sandside have been closed by police as water is now completely covering the road. "People are up to their knees in some places, especially down near the front. People say they've never seen anything like this in their lives."

Strange as the tide is going out. I wonder if Sarah is reporting the earlier high tide?