Severe cold front over Iberian Peninsula with later intensification by Jet: 07 October 2008
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Description
On 7th October 2008 a cold front crossed northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula, producing large amounts of precipitation and causing disruption of same activities in the affected areas.
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In northwestern Portugal, a maximum of 41 mm in 6 hours was obtained in an automatic weather station (AWS) in a mountain area and a maximum of 20 mm in 1 hour in a coastal area, both reaching the orange warning lower threshold for meteoalarm (40mm in 6 hours and 20mm in 1 hour, respectively). The Portuguese meteorological service (IM) issued a yellow warning with 24 hours advance, and the orange warning has been issued 7 hours before the beginning of the period of heaviest precipitation.