The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued rain warnings for a total of five days in Odisha.
Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued rain warnings for a total of five days in Odisha.
As predicted by the weather department, thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty surface winds are expected to continue in the state until July 4.
Day 1 (Valid up to 8:30 AM of June 29):
- ORANGE WARNING: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds (wind speeds reaching up to 40-50 km/h) are very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Nawrangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, and Gajapati.
- YELLOW WARNING: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds (wind speeds reaching up to 30-40 km/h) are very likely at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Jajpur, Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sonepur, and Boudh.
- Heavy rainfall is very likely at one or two places over the districts of Nawrangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, and Gajapati.
- Light to moderate rain or thundershowers are likely at a few places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, and at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttack, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, and Nayagarh.
- Hot and humid conditions are likely to prevail at isolated places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Angul, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, and Nayagarh.
Day 2 (Valid from 8:30 AM of June 29 to 8:30 AM of June 30):
- ORANGE WARNING: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds (wind speeds reaching up to 40-50 km/h) are very likely at one or two places over the districts of Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, and Gajapati.
- YELLOW WARNING: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds (wind speeds reaching up to 30-40 km/h) are very likely at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, and Nayagarh.
- Heavy rainfall is very likely at one or two places over the districts of Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, and Gajapati.
- Light to moderate rain or thundershowers are likely at many places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nawrangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, and at a few places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttack, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, and Nayagarh.
- Hot and humid conditions are likely to prevail at isolated places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Angul, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, and Nayagarh.
Day 3 (Valid from 8:30 AM of June 30 to 8:30 AM of July 1):
- ORANGE WARNING: Thunderstorms with lightning, gusty surface winds (wind speeds reaching up to 50-60 km/h), and heavy to very heavy rainfall are very likely at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Kandhamal, and Gajapati.
- YELLOW WARNING: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds (wind speeds reaching up to 40-50 km/h) are very likely at one or two places over the districts of Kalahandi, Rayagada, Koraput, and Malkangiri.
- Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds (wind speeds reaching up to 30-40 km/h) are very likely at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Nawrangpur, Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, and Nayagarh.
- Heavy rainfall is very likely at one or two places over the districts of Kalahandi, Rayagada, Koraput, and Malkangiri.
- Light to moderate rain or thundershowers are likely at most places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nawrangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, and at many places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttack, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, and Nayagarh.
Day 4 (Valid from 8:30 AM of July 1 to 8:30 AM of July 2):
- ORANGE WARNING: Thunderstorms with lightning, gusty surface winds (wind speeds reaching up to 50-60 km/h), and heavy to very heavy rainfall are very likely at one or two places over the districts of Angul and Dhenkanal.
- YELLOW WARNING: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds (wind speeds reaching up to 40-50 km/h) are very likely at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttack, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, and Nayagarh.
- Heavy rainfall is very likely at one or two places over the districts of Jajpur, Cuttack, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Boudh, Bolangir, and Kandhamal.
- Light to moderate rain or thundershowers are likely at most places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttack, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nawrangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, and at many places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, and Mayurbhanj.
Day 5 (Valid from 8:30 AM of July 2 to 8:30 AM of July 3):
- YELLOW WARNING: Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty surface winds (wind speeds reaching up to 40-50 km/h) are very likely at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttack, Sundargarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nawrangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, and Gajapati.
- Heavy rainfall is very likely at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Koraput, and Gajapati.
- Light to moderate rain or thundershowers are likely at most places over all the districts of Odisha.
Day 6 (Valid from 8:30 AM of July 3 to 8:30 AM of July 4):
- Light to moderate rain or thundershowers are likely at many places over the districts of Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, Malkangiri, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, and at a few places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghapur, Cuttack, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, and Mayurbhanj.
- YELLOW WARNING: Thunderstorms with lightning, gusty surface winds (wind speeds reaching up to 40-50 km/h), and heavy rainfall are very likely at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Kandhamal, Nawrangpur, Rayagada, Koraput, and Gajapati.
