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SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1985
THIS WAS THE THIRD REPORT OF THE OCCURRENCE OF HAIL IN HONG KONG THIS YEAR AND THE SECOND KNOWN REPORT OF HAIL OCCURRING IN JULY, FLOODS WERE REPORTED IN MONG KOK AND SHAM SHUI PO. A MINOR MUDSLIP OCCURRED AT CORNWALL STREET, KOWLOON TONG.
UNSETTLED WEATHER PERSISTED ON JULY 27 OVER THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IT REMAINED CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS ON THE MORNING OF JULY 28, BUT THE WEATHER BECAME FINE IN THE AFTERNOON.
FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH IT WAS MAINLY FINE AND SUNNY APART FROM A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON JULY 30 AND SOME SHOWERS ON JULY 31.
THREE TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH.
BECAME TYPHOON IRMA, WHICH PASSED OVER TOKYO EARLY ON JULY 1, AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF HOKKAIDO LATER IN THE DAY.
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMED ABOUT 650 NAUTICAL MILES EAST- SOUTHEAST OF MANILA ON JULY 4. IT MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARDS AND CROSSED THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINES ON JULY 5 BEFORE ENTERING THE SOUTH CHINA SEA THE FOLLOWING DAY TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWESTWARDS.
ON THE EVENING OF JULY 7 IT TURNED NORTHWARDS AND DISSIPATED ON REACHING THE SOUTH CHINA COAST ABOUT 110 NAUTICAL MILES EAST- NORTHEAST OF HONG KONG LATE ON JULY 8.
TYPHOON JEFF DEVELOPED ABOUT 540 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF GUAM ON JULY 22 AND MOVED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARDS. IT TURNED WEST- SOUTHWESTWARDS ON JULY 24 AND WAS CENTRED ABOUT 640 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOKYO. JEFF CROSSED THE RYUKYUS ON JULY 29 AND PASSED ABOUT 100 NAUTICAL MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF TAIPEI EARLY ON JULY 30.
IT TURNED NORTHWESTWARDS AND CROSSED THE CHINA COAST ABOUT 180 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF SHANGHAI LATE THE SAME DAY. JEFF WEAKENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM LATE ON JULY 31 AND WAS CENTRED ABOUT 50 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF SHANGHAI, MOVING NORTH- NORTHEASTWARDS AT SEVEN KNOTS.
TWO INCOMING AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED FROM HONG KONG ON JULY 26 DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER.
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON JULY 8, 9, 18, 19, 20,
18, 23, 26, 27, 30 AND 31. FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON 8, 9, 19 AND 26. NO FIRE DANGER WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.
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