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AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA BROUGHT OVERCAST SKIES AND SQUALLY SHOWERS TO HONG KONG ON JULY 20 AND 21.
HOWEVER, HOT AND SUNNY WEATHER WAS MAINTAINED FROM JULY 22 UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH WHILE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE COVERED THE SOUTH CHINA COASTAL AREAS.
AFTER A PARTICULARLY HOT AFTERNOON ON JULY 31, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED IN THE EVEING.
SCAFFOLDINGS, BILLBOARDS
AND TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN BY VIOLENT SQUALLS, WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 76 KILOMETRES PER HOUR.
THE MOST SERIOUS INCIDENT OCCURRED IN WAN CHAI WHEN A LARGE SCAFFOLDING COLLAPSED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO EIGHT VEHICLES. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO CERTAIN PARTS OF KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS ALSO AFFECTED.
THREE OTHER TROPICAL CYCLONES OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE MONTH:
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TROPICAL STORM OWEN RECURVED EAST-NORTHEAST OF LUZON IN LATE JUNE BUT DISSIPATED ABOUT 140 KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA ON JULY 2.
* FORMED ABOUT 370 KILOMETRES NORTHWEST OF GUAM ON JULY 12, ROGER INTENSIFIED INTO A TYPHOON ABOUT 450 KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA THREE DAYS LATER. IT TURNED NORTHEAST OVER THE RYUKYUS ON JULY 16 AND PASSED CLOSED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF KAGOSHIMA ON JULY 17. ROGER ACCELERATED OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN AND PASSED ABOUT 140 KILOMETRES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TOKYO ON JULY 18. IT DISSIPATED ABOUT 470 KILOMETRES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TOKYO THAT AFTEROON.
* SARAH DEVELOPED TO THE EAST OF MANILA ON JULY 30 AND FORMED
IT WAS CENTRED ABOUT 440 INTO A TROPICAL STORM THE FOLLOWING DAY. KILOMETRES NORTHEAST OF MANILA, MOVING WESTWARDS TOWARDS LUZON.
DURING THE MONTH, THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON JULY 3. 4 7, 8,
8, 10, 11, 14, 20, 21, AND 31. FLOOD WARNINGS WERE ISSUED
LANDSLIP' WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON JULY 4 ON JULY 3, 4 AND 12. AND 12.
SIGNALS HOISTED DURING THE MONTH WERE AS FOLLOWS:
WEATHER SYSTEM
SIGNAL
DATE AND TIME OF HOISTING
DATE AND TIME OF LOWERING
TYPHOON PEGGY
1
JULY 9
11.10 PM
JULY 11
3
JULY 11
2.10 AM
JULY 11
2.10 AM 3.30 PM
8SW
JULY 11
3.30 PM
JULY 12
2.15 AM
3
JULY 12
2.15 AM
JULY 12
6.40 PM
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