Heavy rain lashes the North Island - Includes Station Rainfall as at 3.30pm

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Local Backyard Stations Rainfall as at 3.30pm

Tokoroa North 85.7 mm
Paraonui 64.0
Te Awamutu 50.7
Kaipara 49.4
Red Beach 44.9
Mairangi Bay 39.9
Awhitu 27.6
Hunua 25.0
Howick 24.4
Cambridge 23.7
Paremoremo 23.3
Howick West 23.1
Mt Roskill 23.0
Massey 22.0
Te Puke 19.8
Grey Lynn 19.6
Waitakere 19.2
Mangawhai Heads 16.6


Heavy rain lashes the North Island
NZHerald.co.nz

Heavy rain is set to lash Auckland this afternoon, prompting a warning from authorities, while Wanganui emergency services are on alert over swollen rivers

Wanganui emergency manager Max Benseman said nearly 50mm of rain fell at Pipiriki overnight on Wednesday and into yesterday, spiking the Whanganui River level from a low of 1.4m to 7.5m in 24 hours.

It's the highest the Whanganui River has been all year.

Mr Benseman said the river peak was due to arrive in the Wanganui urban area in the early hours of tomorrow morning. The high river was not expected to cause any problems, but parts of Kowhai Park may be closed tomorrow.

"The Kowhai Park playground will be open unless the stop bank is breached. The parts of the park that may be temporarily closed are the road along the riverbank and the bridge across the Matarawa Stream,'' Mr Benseman said.

The river had been very low before the rain started, he said.

Further north, Civil Defence has issued an advisory, saying heavy rainfall is expected in the eight hours from noon across the Auckland region.
More:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/weather/news/article.cfm?c_id=10&objectid=11123374



Auckland braces for heavy rain, gales.
3news.co.nz
Civil Defence is telling Aucklanders to brace themselves for heavy rain and strong gales for the next eight hours.

MetService predicts rainfall could reach 35mm/h, with wind gusts of 90km/h to match.

Aucklanders are advised to exercise caution on the roads due to the possibility of surface flooding, as well as rapidly rising rivers and streams.

The Auckland Civil Defence Emergency Coordination Centre is monitoring the weather and working with emergency services.

People are advised to prepare their homes for flooding and power outages, and to drive to the conditions.
More:
http://www.3news.co.nz/Auckland-braces-for-heavy-rain-gales/tabid/423/articleID/312938/Default.aspx

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Tokoroa North has measured up to now (10:15pm) total rain to date of 101.7mm ie just over 4" proper since midnight.

For over an hour from 10:44 to 11:44am, I measured in excess of 20mm (3/4") an hour.  The peak rain rate was recorded at 31.2mm/hr or almost 1.25"/hr rain rate at 10:49.

Data c/-  http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=ISTHWAIK2

Came home to a few water flooded foot paths and blocked gutters flooding across the road.