Yesterday's huge & vast thunder storm - IMD report

Rainfall occurred at many places over Tamilnadu and at a few places over South interior Karnataka. Isolated rainfall occurred over Telangana, Rayalaseema, Kerala and North interior Karnataka. Mainly dry weather prevailed over Coastal Andhrapradesh and dry weather prevailed over Lakshadweep and Coastal Karnataka.
The following stations recorded heavy rainfall in Centimeters.
Tirupattur 9, Gowribidanur (Kolar dt) and Dharapuram (Erode dt) 8 each and Erode and Chintamani (Kolar dt) 7 each.
The other chief amounts of rainfall in Centimeters are:
Yercaud, Bhavani (Erode dt) and Kanjirapally (Kottayam dt) 6 each, Kumarapalayam (Namakkal dt, Kulithalai and Mayanur (both Karur dt), Sathur (Virudhunagar dt), Kollegal (Chamrajnagar dt) 5 each, Cholavaram (Thiruvallur dt), Virudhachalam (Cuddalore dt), Nagapattinam, Thali (Krishnagiri dt), Perundurai (Erode dt), Chittampatti (Madurai dt) and Bijapur 4 each, Chennai Airport, Korattur (Thiruvallur dt), Karaikal, Sirkali (Nagapattinam dt), Sendamangalam and Rasipuram (both Namakkal dt), Kangeyam (Erode dt),Bangarpet (Kolar dt),Mudhol (Bagalkote dt) and Huliyurdurga (Tumkur dt) 3 each, Grand Anaicut (Thanjavur dt), Anchetty, Denkanikottai and Uthangarai (all Krishnagiri dt), Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Mangalapuram, Paramathi Velur and Tiruchengode (all Namakkal dt), Namakkal, Annur (Coimbatore dt), Aravakurichi and Panchapatti (both Karur dt), Karur, Karur Paramathi and Melur (Madurai dt), Kallakurichi (Villupuram dt), Perambalur and Palani (Dindigul dt), Hiriyur (Chitradurga dt) and Channapatna (Bangalore Rural dt) 2 each and Chennai, Kattumanarkoil (Cuddalore dt), Madukkur and Pattukottai (both Thanjavur dt), Kollidam (Nagapattinam dt), Pamban, Vellore, Vaniyambadi (Vellore dt), Barur and Hosur (both Krishnagiri dt), Bhavanisagar and Gobichettipalayam (both Erode dt), Ketti and Kundha Bridge (both Nilgiris dt), Uthagamandalam, Kadavur (Karur dt), Tiruchirapalli Airport, Madurai, Madurai Airport, Sholavandhan and Vadipatti (both Madurai dt), Sivaganga and Natham (Dindigul dt),Kollengode (Palakkad dt), Enamackal (Thrissur dt), Arogyavaram, Khammam, Yelburga (Koppal dt), Holenarasipura (Hassan dt), Srirangapatna and Basaralu (Both Mandya dt), Nelamangala (Bangalore Rural dt) 1 each.
On Friday, the maximum temperature fell appreciably to markedly at a few places over North Coastal Andhrapradesh, fell appreciably at one or two places over Rayalaseema, Interior Karnataka, North Tamilnadu, fell at one or two places over rest North Tamilnadu, and changed little elsewhere over the region.
They were appreciably above normal at many places over Tamilnadu, at one or two places over Coastal and North interior Karnataka, above normal at one or two places over rest Tamilnadu, Telangana, South interior Karnataka, Kerala, appreciably below normal at one or two places over South Coastal Andhrapradesh South interior Karnataka and were generally normal over rest of the region.
Rentachintala, Hanamakonda and Adilabad recorded the highest maximum temperature of 45 degree Celsius in the region.