Flooding today outside Finn park, Ballybofey as the River Finn burst its banks
Photo by Ula Krakowczyk
The river finn in Ballybofey, Co.Donegal today has burst its banks down by Finn park due to highly elevated river levels and saturated soils. Heavy Rainfall has been falling since early Friday morning with further rain overnight expected leading to river levels rising further.
Continues below
With further heavy rainfall expected this weekend and river and stream levels so high this will allow further flooding around parts of Donegal especially tonight.
On Sunday night another heavy band of rain will move in from the Atlantic possibly falling as sleet and snow for a time but turning back to rain again for a time on Monday morning with further flooding.
LATEST WEATHER WARNINGS
STATUS YELLOW - RAINFALL WARNING FOR DONEGAL, LEITRIM, MAYO AND SLIGO
25 to 35mm of rain expected during the period.
As the ground is saturated at the moment and river levels are elevated the forecast rainfall may lead to some localised surface and river flooding.
Valid: 03:00 Friday 21/02/2020 to 03:00 Saturday 22/02/2020
Issued: 10:00 Thursday 20/02/2020
Warning issued by Met Eireann
STATUS YELLOW - RAINFALL WARNING FOR DERRY, FERMANAGH AND TYRONE
Persistent, and at times heavy, rain will develop early on Friday and continue until late afternoon or evening. Accumulations of 15 to 25 mm are likely quite widely and in a few places, such as across the western Sperrins, 30 to 40 mm of rain could fall. This is also likely to be combined with some snow melt over high ground. Conditions will also be windy.
Valid: 06:00 Friday 21/02/2020 to 21:00 Friday 21/02/2020
Issued: 09:17 Thursday 20/02/2020
Warning issued by the Met Office UK
STATUS YELLOW - WIND WARNING FOR DONEGAL, GALWAY AND MAYO
Southwesterly winds will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65km/h at times during the period, with gusts of 80 to 95km/h and a slight risk of localised coastal flooding.
Valid: 03:00 Friday 21/02/2020 to 03:00 Saturday 22/02/2020
Issued: 14:00 Thursday 20/02/2020
Warning issued by Met Eireann
STATUS YELLOW - WIND WARNING FOR DONEGAL
Southwesterly winds will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65 km/h, with gusts of 90 to 110 km/h possibly higher in exposed coastal areas.
Valid: 06:00 Saturday 22/02/2020 to 20:00 Saturday 22/02/2020
Issued: 16:00 Friday 21/02/2020
Warning issued by Met Eireann
STATUS YELLOW - WIND WARNING FOR ANTRIM, DERRY, FERMANAGH AND TYRONE
Strong, gusty winds are expected across Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England during Saturday. The strongest winds will likely occur in the vicinity of heavy, squally showers. Whilst not all areas will see the strongest winds, gusts of 50-60 mph are expected in places. Exposed parts of northern and western Scotland may see gusts of 65-75 mph. Showers will fall as a mixture of rain, hail and sleet with snow accumulations expected to be mainly higher ground (above 200 to 300 m). Winds will gradually moderate during Saturday evening.
Valid: Saturday 22/02/2020 to 22:00 Saturday 22/02/2020
Issued: 09:56hrs Friday 21/02/2020
Warning issued by the Met Office UK
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