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SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1993
MARITIME AIR RETURNED TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH, MOISTENING UP THE ATMOSPHERE. CLOUDINESS INCREASED ON MAY 30. THE NEXT
DAY, AN ACTIVE SOUTHWEST MONSOON BLEW OVER THE TERRITORY WITH FRESH AND GUSTY WINDS.
AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY HOURS AFFECTED MOSTLY THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE NORTHERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
THERE WERE REPORTS OF COLLAPSED SCAFFOLDINGS AND TREES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT AS A RESULT OF THE STORMY CONDITIONS THAT MORNING.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN MAY. SEVEN AIRCRAFT WERE DIVERTED AS A RESULT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.
DETAILS ON THE ISSUANCE/HOISTING AND CANCELLATION/LOWERING VARIOUS WARNINGS/SIGNALS IN THE MONTH ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 1.1.
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MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL ARE TABULATED IN TABLE 1.2.
TABLE 1 1 WARNINGS AND SIGNALS IN MAY 1993
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WARNINGS / SIGNALS
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIME
FLOOD WARNING
MAY 1 MAY 2 1215 MAY 9 1540 MAY 23 0505
0350
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MAY 1 1130
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MAY 2 1705
MAY 24 0245
MAY 9 2000 MAY 23 0900 MAY 24 1400
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
MAY 1 0230 MAY 1 2150 MAY 2 1100 MAY 4 0825 MAY 9 1245
MAY 1 1900 MAY 2 0750 MAY 2 2000 MAY 4 1200 MAY 10 0700
MAY 15 0855
MAY 15 1055
MAY 22 0840
MAY 22 1240
MAY 23 0410
MAY 23 0930
MAY 23 1300
MAY 23 1700
MAY 23 1825
MAY 23 2025
MAY 23 2245
MAY 24 1700
MAY 24 2300
MAY 25 1600
MAY 25 2300
MAY 26 0900
MAY 31 0340
MAY 31 0740
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