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Melbourne Hailstorm

Michael Bath on March 9, 2010 in Asw, Cbd, Diameter, Discussion Forum, Early Warning, Ewn, Flash Floods, Flood, Forum Thread, Giant Hail, Golf Ball Size, Gorilla, Hail, Hail Damaged Vehicles, Hail Insurance, Hail Stones, Hail Storms, Hailstones, Hailstorm, Hailstorms, Heavy Rain, Hp, Hp Supercell, Melbourne, Melbourne Members, No Doubt, Property Losses, Roofs, Sms, Storm Photos, Storm Track, Suburbs Of Melbourne, Victoria, Warning Network, dent, flash flooding, hail footage, losses, reduce, shelter, thedentshed, vehicles Comments Off
The Melbourne hailstorm does appear to be unprecedented for Victoria in delivering gorilla sized hailstones. Hailstones up to 10cm diameter were reported by a Bureau observer south east of the CBD. The damage to vehicle and roofs in some areas leaves no doubt there was massive hail. Most other suburbs along the storm track appear [...]

Giant hailstones then more flooding for Northeast NSW

Michael Bath on November 9, 2009 in Coffs Creek, Convergence, Darling Downs, Diameter, Floods, Friday Evening, Giant, Giant Hail, Granite Belt, Hastings, NE NSW SE QLD, Nambucca, Northeast Nsw, Northern Tablelands, Rain Ytd, Rivers, Thunderstorms, Trough, Warwick, storm storms tornadoes chasing and hailstorms Comments Off
November 5th provided an explosive setup for thunderstorms along parts of the NSW Northern Tablelands and QLD Granite Belt and Darling Downs. Very high instability and dry air aloft combined with an injection of moisture from the southeast. A notable storm just east of Warwick produced hailstones up to 9cm diameter. The trough persisted over [...]

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