5
SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1994
SEVERE SQUALLS DEVELOPED AND SWEPT FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE THERE WERE REPORTS OF A SHORT- NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES. LIVED SMALL TORNADO IN THE FANLING AREA.
A PROLONGED SPELL OF FINE AND HOT WEATHER APART SHOWERS PREVAILED FROM MAY 18 TO 27.
FROM PASSING
TO DETERIORATE AS THE
FRESH
EASTERLY
WINDS
WEATHER STARTED REACHED THE TERRITORY IN THE EVENING OF MAY 27.
HEAVY RAIN FELL IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE TERRITORY WHERE ON ALMOST 80 MILLIMETRES OF RAINFALL WERE RECORDED AT CAPE D'AGUILAR MAY 28.
DURING THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH, THE WEATHER UNSETTLED WITH HEAVY SHOWERS.
REMAINED
THERE WERE TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN MAY 1994.
NO AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED IN THE MONTH AS A RESULT OF
INCLEMENT
WEATHER.
OF
TABLE 1.1. FROM NORMAL ARE
DETAILS OF THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING
WARNINGS/SIGNALS IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARISED IN
METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES
VARIOUS MONTHLY
TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.
AND
DEPARTURES
TABLE 1. 1 WARNINGS AND SIGNALS IN MAY 1994
WARNINGS / SIGNALS
FLOOD WARNINGS
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIME
MAY 3 0830
-
MAY 3 1000 MAY 30 1515 MAY 30 2135
-
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
MAY MAY MAY 4 0600
3 0700
_
MAY 3 1030
3 1100
-
MAY 3 1500
MAY 4 0900
MAY 4 1030
MAY 4 1230
MAY 11 0100
MAY 11 0600
MAY 11 1835 MAY 11 2035
-
MAY 15 0750 MAY 15 1200
-
MAY 17 1530
-
MAY 17 1900
MAY 26 1810
MAY 27 1025 MAY 27 1800
-
MAY 26 2010
MAY 27 1225 MAY 27 2000
MAY 27 2300
MAY 28 1535 MAY 29 1655 MAY 30 1045 MAY 31 0005
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-
-
MAY 28 0600
MAY 28 1735
MAY 29 1855
MAY 30 1245 MAY 31 0500
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/TABLE 1.2