WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1981
FROM JULY 9 TO 17, HOT AND SUNNY WEATHER WAS EXPERIENCED WITH SLIGHT SHOWERS ON JULY 12, 14 AND 15, AND THE MONTH'S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 33.3 DEGREES CELSIUS WAS RECORDED ON JULY 17.
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON JULY 18 AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE
FROM THE EAST APPROACHED.
ON JULY 22 AND 23, HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED WHEN THE REMNANT OF SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MAURY MOVED ALONG THE SOUTH CHINA COAST AFTER CROSSING TAIWAN. SOME FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SHEUNG SHUT.
THERE WERE FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ON THE NEXT TWO DAYS, BUT THESE MODERATED ON JULY 25. MORE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED THAT NIGHT AND AGAIN ON THE MORNING OF JULY 27. GUSTS OF 60 KNOTS WERE REGISTERED IN SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS AT THE AIRPORT AND AT CHEUNG CHAU AROUND 11 AM.
FLOODING AND MINOR LANDSLIPS WERE REPORTED AT VARIOUS PLACES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG. VILLAGES NEAR TAI PO, SHA TIN, TSUEN WAN AND SHEUNG SHUI WERE THE WORST HIT DISTRICTS. FARMLAND WERE FLOODED. NUMEROUS LIVESTOCK WERE DROWNED IN TAI PO. SOME 18 HECTARES OF THERE WAS ALSO FLOODING ON THE LEI YUE MUN ROAD AND IN THE LAM TIN AND SAU MAU PING ESTATES, AND A LANDSLIP AT MAGAZINE GAP ROAD NEAR MAY ROAD.
TEMPERATURES FELL TO A MINIMUM OF 23.5 DEGREES CELSIUS IN HEAVY SHOWERS ON JULY 27, WHICH WAS THE LOWEST IN THE MONTH. THERE WERE MORE THUNDERSTORMS THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON, BUT THE WEATHER BECAME FINE AND SUNNY FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH.
DURING THE MONTH, THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON 13 DAYS.
THE STRONG WIND SIGNAL, NO. 3 WAS HOISTED FOR TYPHOON KELLY WHILE THE NO. 8 NE AND NO. 8 SE GALE OR STORM SIGNALS WERE RAISED FOR SEVERE TROPICAL STORM LYNN. ON JULY 24, THE STRONG MONSOON SIGNAL WAS HOISTED.
SEVEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
URBAN CLEARWAY IN HENNESSY ROAD ****
THE SECTION OF HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI, BETWEEN A POINT 45 METRES WEST OF LUARD ROAD AND A POINT 25 METRES WEST OF O'BRIEN ROAD, WILL BE DESIGNATED AN URBAN CLEARWAY FROM 10 AM ON FRIDAY (AUGUST 14).
NO VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL BE ALLOWED TO STOP OR PICK UP PASSENGERS OR GOODS BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM AND 4 PM AND 7 PM.
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