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Sleet warning WSW (alt.: heavy sleet warning) – Heavy sleet accumulations of 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) or more, which may cause significant disruptions to travel or utilities, are imminent or expected to occur within 12 hours. Discontinued beginning with the 2008-2009 winter storm season and replaced by the winter storm warning for heavy ...
Precipitation is measured using a rain gauge, and more recently remote sensing techniques such as a weather radar. When classified according to the rate of precipitation, rain can be divided into categories. Light rain describes rainfall which falls at a rate of between a trace and 2.5 millimetres (0.098 in) per hour. Moderate rain describes ...
Blood rain; Cold drop (Spanish: gota fría; archaic as a meteorological term), colloquially, any high impact rainfall event along the Mediterranean coast of Spain; Drought, a prolonged water supply shortage, often caused by persistent lack of, or much reduced, rainfall; Floods. Flash flood; Rainstorm; Red rain in Kerala (for related phenomena ...
The damage caused by Hurricane Andrew is a good example of the damage caused by a category 5 Tropical cyclone. A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain or squalls.
repeated rounds of thunderstorms will track along the front bringing heavy rainfall. then a low pressure system will track along it into missouri and push the front further south to along the i-40 corridor monday night through tuesday night. this will shift the heavy rain axis further south to along and just north of the i-40 corridor.
As millions begin the trek home after the Christmas holiday, they'll be dealing with stormy conditions to close out the week with rain, severe weather and snow expected across parts of the country.
Heavy rain (Alberta to Southern Quebec: 50 mm (2.0 in) or more per hour. Pacific, Northern and Maritime provinces: 25 mm (0.98 in) per hour) Severe Thunderstorm Warning (SVR) – Issued when a severe thunderstorm is detected on radar or are observed by those in the immediate area. A warning is issued when one or more of the following has been ...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR NORFOLK...EASTERN WORCESTER...SOUTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX...WEST CENTRAL PLYMOUTH AND NORTH CENTRAL BRISTOL COUNTIES... At 537 PM EDT, law enforcement reported heavy rain falling including the towns of Norwood and Dedham where up to 3.5 inches have already fallen.