Expect heavy rains over a wide area tomorrow Severe warning 18:16 on July 7
Due to the influence of the front line, it continues to rain in various parts of western Japan and Tokai, and the risk of sediment disasters and river flooding is extremely high. It is expected that extremely heavy rain of 50 mm or more per hour will be spread over a wide area such as Kyushu, Chugoku, and Tokai over the 8th, and the situation may worsen within a few hours. Please continue to be vigilant and secure yourself based on the evacuation information published by the local government.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the atmospheric conditions have become unstable over a wide range from western Japan to Tohoku due to the active front, and rain clouds are developing in Kyushu and the Tokai during this time.
In the 1 hour until 5 pm, ▽ 43 mm in Ebino Kogen in Miyazaki Prefecture, 41 mm in ▽ Asagiri Town in Kumamoto Prefecture, and ▽ Rain gauge installed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Gero City, Gifu Prefecture I observed a heavy rain of 41 mm.
Rainfall for 48 hours until 5 pm is 664 mm at Tsubakigahana in Hita City, Oita Prefecture, 536 mm at Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture, 456 mm at Nagasaki Airport, and 348 mm at Kuno, Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture. , Both are the highest in the history of observation.
In addition to Kyushu where a special warning was issued for a while and record heavy rainfall, intermittent heavy rains fell in the Chugoku region and the Tokai region, and the risk of sediment disasters and river flooding is extremely high in various places. ..
In Fukuoka prefecture, Saga prefecture, Nagasaki prefecture, Kumamoto prefecture, Oita prefecture, Hiroshima prefecture, Ehime prefecture, Nara prefecture, Gifu prefecture, Shizuoka prefecture, and Nagano prefecture, there are areas where "earth and sand disaster warning information" is announced.
Also, in Fukuoka prefecture, Saga prefecture, Yamaguchi prefecture, Hiroshima prefecture, and Gifu prefecture, there are rivers that exceed the "flood risk water level".
Future outlook
The front line is expected to continue stagnation and continue to be active, and there is a possibility that extremely heavy rain will be locally accompanied by lightning over a wide area from western Japan to Tohoku on the 9th.
The amount of rainfall in the 24 hours until the evening of the 8th is high in all areas: ▽ Southern Kyushu and Shikoku, Tokai 250 mm,
▽ Northern Kyushu and Kinki, Kanto Koshin 200 mm,
▽ Chugoku region and Hokuriku 150 mm ,
▽ It is expected to be 100 mm in Tohoku.
In addition, the rainfall for 48 hours until the evening of the 9th is
▽ 300 to 400 mm in Shikoku and Tokai
, 250 to 350 mm in southern Kyushu and Kanto Koshin
, 200 to 300 mm in Kinki,
▽ in northern Kyushu. 200mm to 250mm,
▽Hokuriku 150mm to 250mm,
▽Chugoku region 150mm to 200mm,
▽Tohoku 100mm to 150mm.
The Japan Meteorological Agency calls for strict caution against sediment-related disasters, river floods, and inundation of low-lying land.
In addition to the record heavy rainfall in Kyushu, extremely heavy rain is expected in areas such as the Chugoku region and the Tokai region where the rainfall is already high, and the situation may worsen within a few hours.
Please continue to be vigilant and secure yourself based on the evacuation information published by the local government.