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Re: Heavy Rain and Severe NW Gales, Sth Is. and lower Nth Is. - Dec 2-7
Posted: Thu 12/12/2019 15:41
by Razor
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Razor wrote: ↑Thu 12/12/2019 12:55
Mistake Flat, headwaters of Rangitata up Mesopotamia way got 941mm for the whole event.
Webpage seems to say 471mm??
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The website only covers last 7 days. I uploaded the data from 1 December to cover what fell earlier in the system and its 941mm. that is consistent with the 7-Day figure that was showing on the ECAN site on Monday just gone
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Re: Heavy Rain and Severe NW Gales, Sth Is. and lower Nth Is. - Dec 2-7
Posted: Thu 12/12/2019 16:50
by RWood
Razor wrote: ↑Thu 12/12/2019 15:41
The website only covers last 7 days. I uploaded the data from 1 December to cover what fell earlier in the system and its 941mm. that is consistent with the 7-Day figure that was showing on the ECAN site on Monday just gone
Thanks, got it. Pretty impressive fall in that timespan for the eastern flanks of the divide.
Re: Heavy Rain and Severe NW Gales, Sth Is. and lower Nth Is. - Dec 2-7
Posted: Fri 13/12/2019 17:39
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
The south branch of the Rangitata River is still showing a good flow of water at the SH 1 Bridge.
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Re: Heavy Rain and Severe NW Gales, Sth Is. and lower Nth Is. - Dec 2-7
Posted: Fri 13/12/2019 22:36
by Chris W
Drove down to Geraldine this evening, Arundel bridge flow was back to more normal levels but the road repairs are ongoing. Can imagine what it was like.
Re: Heavy Rain and Severe NW Gales, Sth Is. and lower Nth Is. - Dec 2-7
Posted: Fri 13/12/2019 22:47
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Should of popped in here for a visit.
Yes. The road around Arundel was quite scored out from the overflow.
Luckily it didn't burst out further up and went through the houses there.
I noticed at Rangitata they were very busy restoring the railway line which even though the railway tracks were intact, the ballast and foundations were badly scoured out from the water.
Re: Heavy Rain and Severe NW Gales, Sth Is. and lower Nth Is. - Dec 2-7
Posted: Sat 14/12/2019 20:30
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Another photo of the water flowing through the South branch of the Rangitata River which made Rangitata Island more than an island.
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Re: Heavy Rain and Severe NW Gales, Sth Is. and lower Nth Is. - Dec 2-7
Posted: Sun 15/12/2019 06:30
by Richard
Wow, wasn't that long ago that land was a river bed, then the dairy farmers cleared the broom and sowed it down, look at it now, its back to a river bed again.
They dont really have the right to pull out the 'poor me' card.
Re: Heavy Rain and Severe NW Gales, Sth Is. and lower Nth Is. - Dec 2-7
Posted: Sat 21/12/2019 20:02
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
The railway line was opened today around the Rangitata area.