Galway Bay fm newsroom - Status yellow rain and wind warnings are to come into effect for Galway from tonight
The rainfall warning covers from 9 tonight until 9 tomorrow morning, and applies to Mayo also
The wind warning, which applies to Galway, Donegal, Mayo, Clare and Kerry starts at 10 tonight and lasts until 7 tomorrow morning
The dual warning has been issued by Met Eireann and warns of accumulations of 20 40 mm of rain, with higher accumulations in mountainous areas.
This will bring a risk of localised flooding and heightened risk of flash flooding in mountainous areas.
The wind warning says south to southwest winds will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65 km/h with gusts of 90 to 110 km/h and that winds speeds may be higher in coastal and exposed areas.
