WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1984
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LIGHT RAIN FROM APRIL 11 TO 13 TURNED HEAVIER AND MORE FREQUENT ON APRIL 14.
AFTER SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE WEATHER ON APRIL 15, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON AND DETERIORATED RAPIDLY INTO WIDESPREAD HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON APRIL 17.
AT THE PEAK OF THE DOWNPOUR, 54.4 MM OF RAIN WAS RECORDED
AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM.
THE RAINSTORM CAUSED MINOR FLOODING IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG AND RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF TWO PERSONS. ONE OF THEM WAS A 27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, CARRIED AWAY BY TORRENTS IN TUEN MUN, AND THE OTHER A 59-YEAR-OLD MAN, FOUND BURIED IN A MUDSLIP AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN TAI PO.
THE WEATHER REMAINED UNSTABLE ON APRIL 18 WITH MORE THUNDERY SHOWERS DURING THE NIGHT.
THERE WERE MIST PATCHES AND PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN ON APRIL 19 AND 20, FOLLOWED BY MORE THUNDERY SHOWERS ON APRIL 21, RESULTING IN FLOODING IN VARIOUS PLACES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE WEATHER IMPROVED ON APRIL 22, WITH ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS DURING THE NIGHT, AND LED TO FINE AND SUNNY DAY ON APRIL 23.
HOWEVER, CLOUDY CONDITIONS RETURNED ON APRIL 24 AND WINDS FRESHENED FROM THE EAST AND TURNED STRONG OFF-SHORE IN THE MORNING.
LIGHT RAIN AND MIST PATCHES WERE RECORDED ON APRIL 25 AND 26.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CHINA BROUGHT OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO HONG KONG ON APRIL 27 AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT NIGHT, RESULTING IN MINOR FLOODING IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG.
THE REST OF THE MONTH WAS CHARACTERISED BY CLOUDY WEATHER WITH PERIODS OF RAIN.
THERE WERE NO TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.
A TOTAL OF SIX AIRCRAFTS WAS DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
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THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON APRIL 17, 18, 21, AND 28 WHILE FLOODING WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT ON APRIL 17, 21, 27 AND 28.
THE RED FIRE DANGER WARNING WAS RAISED ON APRIL 4 AND THE YELLOW WARNING ON APRIL 7 AND 8.
/SIGNALS HOISTED