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12th Aug 2020

Met Éireann has issued a rainfall warning for seven counties

Alan Loughnane

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Take note.

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rainfall warning for seven counties.

The warning was issued at 12pm on Wednesday and affects Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.

It’s valid from 8pm on Wednesday until 9am on Thursday morning.

Met Éireann has said these counties will experience heavy thundery rain this evening and tonight with accumulations of 20 to 30mm in some areas.

The forecaster warned that some of these torrential downpours will lead to some spot flooding.

Wednesday will be a warm and humid day with temperatures of between 22 and 27 degrees in places, however, it will be a few degrees colder on northwestern coasts.

Showers will move across southern counties into the evening and tonight with heavy rain and thundery showers affecting Munster and south Leinster overnight.

Thursday will start cloudy with some showers, particularly in Munster, and while brighter spells will develop in the afternoon, the risk of heavy showers will remain high in the south and southwest.

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