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THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1993

WAS

AGAINST SUCH A STORMY BACKGROUND, THE ACTUAL SURPRISINGLY

SCARCE.

RAINFALL AMOUNT

IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING NIGHT THAT TORRENTIAL RAIN STARTED TO AFFECT THE TERRITORY.

NORTH

NO TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY WAS OBSERVED OVER THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN APRIL.

SEVEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED DURING THE MONTH, MOSTLY AS A RESULT OF FOGGY CONDITIONS EARLY ON APRIL 3.

OF

DETAILS OF THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING VARIOUS WARNINGS/SIGNALS IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 1.1.

MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL ARE TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.

TABLE 1.1 WARNINGS AND SIGNALS IN APRIL 1993

WARNINGS / SIGNALS

EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIME

STRONG MONSOON SIGNALS

APR 5 0600

APR 5 1400

APR 11 2300

APR 12 0740

APR 12 2300

APR 13 0750

APR 25 1605

-

APR 26 0915

RAINSTORM ALERT/WARNINGS

GREEN

APR 20 1130

-

APR 22 0845

FLOOD WARNING

APR 20 1530

—

APR 20 2100

THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS

APR 7 2025 APR 17 2305

APR 8 0700

APR 18 0800

APR 20 1130

—

APR 20 2100

APR 20 2300

APR 22 2300 APR 23 1500 APR 25 2040

-

APR 21 1530

APR 23 0700

APR 23 1900

-

APR 26 0630

APR 27 1005 APR 27 1530

APR 27 1305

APR 29 0030

APR 29 0945 APR 29 1925

T

APR 27 1930

APR 29 0630

APR 29 1345

APR 30 0630

FIRE DANGER WARNINGS

YELLOW

APR

4 0600

APR

5 1800

/TABLE 1.2