Severe thunderstorms are wreaking havoc across regional New South Wales this afternoon, with hail as big as a 50 cent piece falling in the Riverina.
Severe thunderstorms are wreaking havoc across regional New South Wales this afternoon, with hail as wide as a 50 cent piece falling in the Riverina.The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for dangerous thunderstorms in the Riverina, Central West and the Snowy Mountains around 2:00pm.The bureau said the wild weather was thanks to a strong cold front moving through NSW that was set to hit the ACT later this afternoon.
Forecaster David Wilke said winds were expected to reach up to 120 kilometres per hour, but hadn't hit maximum force yet. "We had a 96kph gust at Cobar and 69kph in Wagga, and there's also been a few reports of hail across those regions," Mr Wilke said."In terms of rainfall since 9:00am, the highest I can see was at Carabost, which recorded 26mm, which I imagine fell fairly quickly around the time those storms were pushing through.
"The next highest was in Wagga, where 12mm fell — it's quite a lot of rain for the period it fell over." Residents across the Riverina reported heavy downfalls for mere minutes before blue skies and sunshine took over."About five minutes' worth in Ganmain and the sun's back out," Julie-anne Ross said.It is understood there are trees down in Wagga Wagga and Junee, and some damage caused to structures.
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