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Incredible videos, wow, one said what i was thinking. "I've never seen anything like this before" .. then the 'violent' .. i was
getting a bit worried for the ones in the first .. and surprised on reading they were within 1/4 mile .. that's close .. then was
glad when those of a later one said, 'enough' .. the power of nature will never cease to amaze .. top post, F6 .. thanks,
and well done to the chasers .. oh, the first on the scene house to house, was really good to hear, too .. top stuff!

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Sydney storms: Emergency crews brace as extreme weather continues

.. no tornadoes, but supercell house shaking thunder and huge lightening shows ..

Updated 39 minutes agoSat 6 Dec 2014, 1:05pm


Photo: Forked lightning strikes the ocean off Bondi Beach in Sydney on Friday night. (Supplied:
Josh Boorman, Facebook)

Related Story: More storms set to hit Sydney this weekend
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-05/wild-weather-continues-across-sydney-and-nsw/5946326

Related Story: Lightning sparks fire as wild storm hits Sydney
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-03/emergency-crews-respond-to-storm-damage-across-sydney/5938642

Map: NSW .. http://maps.google.com/?q=-33.6167,150(NSW)&z=5

Emergency services are on high alert as another super-cell storm is tipped to cut a swathe across New South Wales and affect Sydney later today.

Major thunderstorms - many of them severe - have hit most of the state since the beginning of the week and emergency services are bracing themselves for another busy day.

There were about 300 emergency callouts across NSW last night, with a likelihood of severe storms right down the state's coast.

"We're just preparing for different levels of those thunderstorms to hit across the mid to eastern parts of the state," SES spokesman Todd Burns said.

The SES urged people to avoid floodwaters and to secure loose items around their homes ahead of the forecast storm due to hit late today.


Photo: Storm clouds roll over Sydney Harbour (Twitter: SquiggleV)

Weather forecasters said the line of thunderstorms, caused by slow-moving low pressure troughs, are expected to ease on Sunday but will linger until at least the middle of next week.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for heavy rainfall for the Illawarra, South Coast, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains districts.

Spokesman Francois Geffroy said the heavy showers forecast could lead to flash flooding. At 10:40am (AEDT), 35mm of rain was recorded at Currajong, near Jervis Bay.

"There's a slow-moving trough over inland NSW, sucking in moist and unstable air over the last few days, resulting in storms and thunderstorms over much of the state, except for the far north-west," Mr Geffroy said.


Photo: A massive storm cell moves over Pittwater on Sydney's northern beaches. (Supplied:
Helen Hayes, Facebook)

"An upper trough will intensify the amount of rain expected over the south east of the state and severe weather warnings could be issued for parts of the south coast," he said.

"Yesterday there were falls of over 50 millimetres in some areas including the northern rivers, the Illawarra and the south coast and Wollongong had 66 millimetres [on Friday]."

Thunderstorms rolled across the state on Friday, bringing lightning, rain, flash flooding and hail to the Blue Mountains and western Sydney.

On Friday, one lightning strike started a fire at a kiosk at Rooty Hill in Sydney's west while Asquith Public School was hit by lightning as about 400 people gathered for a Christmas carols show.

About 6,000 customers lost power, although most had it restored by late evening.

Just after the height of the storm, Fire and Rescue New South Wales received 40 calls for help.

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Storm preparation advice:

* Maintain your yard and balcony, and secure or store items that could blow around in strong winds

* Clean your gutters, downpipes and drains regularly to prevent blockages

* Trim trees and branches that could potentially fall on your home or property

* Prepare an emergency kit with essential items in case you lose power or need to leave home in an emergency

* Make a Home Emergency Plan for your family that outlines what you would do in an emergency

* Listen to your local radio station for weather warnings

Source: NSW State Emergency Service .. http://www.stormsafe.com.au/prepare-for-a-storm-now

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-06/sydney-storms-emergency-crews-brace-for-wild-weather-nsw/5948904

.. luckily never any problems where i am .. just vibrant energy shows .. :)

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Cloud tsunami' hits Sydney – in pictures

Extraordinary photographs of a huge shelf cloud hitting the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The meteorological event – technically a type of arcus cloud – is a wedge of cloud formed at the leading edge of a thunderstorm where the downdraft and an updraft of the storm intersect. The shelf cloud seen here – dubbed by Twitter a ‘cloud tsunami’ – measured several kilometres in length and swept across the city throughout the afternoon and early evening

Jonny Weeks & Natasha Rees-Bloor

Friday 6 November 2015 06.37 EST







.. more .. http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2015/nov/06/cloud-tsunami-hits-sydney-in-pictures

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2 down from yours .. Unusual Cloud Formation entertained onlookers over Grand Teton on Thursday
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SA weather: Blyth residents cleaning up after tornadoes sweep through state's mid north

Unprecedented twin tornadoes hit South Australia.

Updated about 7 hours ago

VIDEO: A 'tornado' filmed in South Australia (ABC News)

Related Story: Worsening conditions cause more blackouts across SA
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-29/worsening-conditions-cause-more-blackouts-across-sa/7887020

Related Story: Fuel shortages leave Eyre Peninsula residents stranded
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-29/sa-weather-fuel-shortages-eyre-peninsula-residents-stranded/7887928

Map: Blyth 5462 - http://www.google.com/maps/place/Blyth%205462/@-33.8499,138.4893,5z

Blyth residents are picking up the pieces after twin tornadoes landed in South Australia's mid north at the height of ongoing storms on Wednesday.

Local resident Paula told ABC 891 Adelaide she had just picked up her boy from school when she looked in her rear-view mirror and saw a tornado approaching.

"I went into school, grabbed him, put him in the car, looked in the sky and I've just never seen anything like it," she said.

"Just the colours in the sky, the greys and purples and the white, and it was just spinning.

"It wasn't like a twister. It was very wide and was just turning in a very fast motion and yeah, it got a bit scary there."

Local resident Cameron Andriskey witnessed the tornado come through.

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"I was out when the hail started hitting. The hail was pretty much the size of golf balls."
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"It was like someone was throwing rocks at the roof and then the wind came and trees were going down like dominoes.

VIDEO

"I heard a big bang, so I ran inside and jumped under the table just in case something fell.

"I thought there was going to be huge carnage, it went on for about half an hour."

Mr Andriskey said there was a lot of damage about.

"A fair bit of clean-up has already been done. [The] community got together pretty quickly."

Weather conditions unprecedented: Premier

Premier Jay Weatherill said weather conditions experienced by South Australia over the past 24 hours were unprecedented.

"Two tornadoes ripping through the centre of our state, destroying not one, not two, but three elements of critical infrastructure, causing a massive change in the energy mix in the system .. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-29/worsening-conditions-cause-more-blackouts-across-sa/7887020 ," he said.

"I'd like to express my view to the people living in the northern areas of the state, that we understand that this is an incredibly difficult time for them.

"We will be reaching out to them and I will be visiting the region tomorrow along with some of my Cabinet colleagues."

Bureau of Meteorology SA regional director John Nairn said the tornadoes were caused by a vigorous front that brought severe thunderstorms.

"We've seen a vision of tornadoes, a pair of tornadoes, so we know that damage was responsible for bringing down [electricity] towers."

Mr Nairn said storm-force winds were expected to return to South Australian gulf waters later this afternoon.
Downed transmission towers


Photo: Transmission towers that were downed by twin tornadoes near Melrose in SA's Mid North. (ABC News: Tom Fedorowytsch)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-29/sa-weather:-blyth-residents-cleaning-up-after-tornadoes/7888100

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BREAKING: Incredible Footage Shows HUGE TORNADO Storm in MONARTO South Australia 2015 (Raw)

DBD Channel Published on Nov 3, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduYVZP_oOQ