Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely over districts of Odisha till Sept 13

Bhubaneswar: Heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorm activity with lightning very likely over the districts of Odisha during September 7 and September 13, informed India Meteorological Department (IMD) today.

According to the weather department, the upper air cyclonic circulation over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal off south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh coasts between 3.1 and 5.8 km above mean sea level persists. Under its influence heavy to very heavy rainfall would occur in Odisha for seven days.

Check the day-wise warnings for Odisha:

Day 1 (Valid upto 8.30 AM of September 8):

• YELLOW WARNING: Heavy rain and thunderstorm with lightning accompanied with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30- 40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi and Balangir.
• Thunderstorm with lightning accompanied with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Kandhamal, Puri, Khurda and Nayagarh.

Day 2 (Valid from 8.30 AM of September 8 to 8.30 AM of September 9):

• YELLOW WARNING: Heavy rain and thunderstorm with lightning accompanied with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30- 40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Gajapati.
• Thunderstorm with lightning accompanied with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh and Ganjam.

Day 3 (Valid from 8.30 AM of September 9 to 8.30 AM of September 10):

• YELLOW WARNING: Thunderstorm with lightning accompanied with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput and Malkangiri.

Day 4 (Valid from 8.30 AM of September 10 to 8.30 AM of September 11):

• YELLOW WARNING: Heavy rain and thunderstorm with lightning accompanied with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30- 40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Koraput and Malkangiri.
• Thunderstorm with lightning accompanied with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati.

Day 5 (Valid from 8.30 AM of September 11 to 8.30 AM of September 12):

• ORANGE WARNING: Heavy to very heavy rain and thunderstorm with lightning accompanied with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar.
• YELLOW WARNING: Heavy rain and thunderstorm with lightning accompanied with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30- 40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Balasore and Bhadrak.
• Thunderstorm with lightning accompanied with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Kendrapara, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur,Deogarh, Keonjhar, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Malkangiri and Rayagada.

Day 6 (Valid from 8.30 AM of September 12 to 8.30 AM of September 13):

• ORANGE WARNING: Heavy to very heavy rain very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Rayagada and Koraput.
• YELLOW WARNING: Heavy rain very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Gajapati and Ganjam.

Day 7 (Valid from 8.30 AM of September 13 to 8.30 AM of September 14):

• YELLOW WARNING: Heavy rain very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri