Status Yellow Rain Warning for Cork City 19th October

Updated 19th October 2022 14.30

Status Orange Weather Warning Downgraded.

Met Eireann have downgraded the orange to a yellow warning for the remainder of the day in Cork.

 Yellow warning for thundery rain remains in place till midnight tonight.

Status Orange Weather Warning Update for Cork City Wednesday 19th October 10.15 a.m.

 Cork City Council’s Flood Assessment Team met this morning to review the overnight impact of the Status Orange rainfall warning which remains in place until midnight tonight.

 The city council received no reports of flooding or storm related damage overnight.  Roads in the city remain open.  However, further heavy rainfall and thundery showers are expected from 3 p.m. this afternoon until midnight tonight, therefore Cork City Council is asking property owners to be on alert until the warning has been lifted.

 Across the city, the heavy rainfall will likely lead to surface water and hazardous driving conditions, so motorists are asked to drive with care.

 Cork City Council crews are on standby across the city.  

 Cork City Council’s Customer Service Unit is available at 021 492 4000 until 9pm. For emergencies requiring the emergency services, the public should contact the emergency services at 112 or 999.  

If you require Cork City Council outside of normal office hours, please call 021 4966512.

Updated 18th October 16.16

1.Status Orange Rain Warning

 Met Eireann has issued a Status Orange Rain Warning for Cork. This warning has advised of heavy rain tonight) tomorrow (Wednesday) and Wednesday night with the possibility of thundery downpours and localised flooding. Disruption is likely.

In response, Cork City Council’s Flood Assessment Team met this afternoon and issued a Level 2 Flood Alert across the city. The necessary preparations are being made for a pluvial (rainfall) flooding event and Operations crews are checking gullies and screens across the city to ensure they are cleared in advance. Crews will be on alert before, during and after the event. Please note that gullies are designed to retain a certain amount of debris in the gully pot and still function normally.  Only gullies that are full to the top of the metal grating with detritus, require cleaning. To help us respond to urgent issues, please do not report blocked gullies if there is water/silt visible in the pot, it is functioning as normal.

 Please note tidal or fluvial (river) flooding is not forecast - but pluvial (rainfall) flooding is a strong possibility in locations across the city associated with short duration thundery rain bursts.

 2.Heavy Rainfall

Met Eireann is warning there will be a period of significant rainfall from 22:00 Tuesday 18/10/2022 to 00:00 Thursday 20/10/2022

Due to the forecasted heavy rainfall, Cork City Council is advising the public:

• Don’t make any unnecessary journeys.
• If you must travel, take care when driving, as conditions could be hazardous.
• Be careful of debris on the roads
• Stay away from any fallen electricity lines or trees.
• Continue to monitor Met Eireann and Cork City Council social media and websites for updates

 3. Cork City Council is advising property owners and businesses to protect their properties by purchasing sandbags or gelbags from hardware shops or builders’ providers. There is a limited stock of sandbags and gelbags available for collection by the public and businesses (details below) which will distributed at a limited number per person

These will be available for collection:

 Wednesday                19/10/2022                 9pm                             5pm

Please note that while availability is limited, Cork City Council will seek to fulfil all necessary requests.

4. Contacting Cork City Council

 The City Council’s Customer Service Unit (CSU) is open until 5pm tonight and has extended its opening hours tomorrow from 8am-9pm to allow members of the public contact us with any issue that may arise due to this Status Orange event. The CSU can be contacted on 021-4924000.

Updated 18th October 13:50

A Status Orange Weather Warning has been issued for Cork.

Cork City Council’s Flood Assessment Team are meeting this afternoon.

Heavy rain expected from tonight Tuesday at 10pm, tomorrow Wednesday and on Wednesday night.

Please see https://www.met.ie/warnings/today