Earth Watch Report
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| Today | Extreme Weather | Australia | State of New South Wales, [Lismore, Tenterfield, Inverell, Ballina, Casino and Kyogle] |  |
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Extreme Weather in Australia on Saturday, 17 November, 2012 at 12:03 (12:03 PM) UTC.
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| A severe weather warning has been issued for much of northern NSW with 90-kilometres-an-hour winds and marble-sized hailstones recorded on the coast. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) issued the warning just after 8pm (AEDT) on Saturday for people living in the Northern Rivers, Northern Tablelands and parts of the North West Slopes and Plains. The bureau warned that "severe thunderstorms" were forecast to produce large hailstones and heavy rainfall, leading to flash flooding and damaging winds in the area over several hours. Locations which may be affected include Lismore, Tenterfield, Inverell, Ballina, Casino and Kyogle. At 8pm, gusts reaching 90km/h were recorded in Woodburn near the Queensland coast with marble-sized hail also lashing the region. The wild weather was predicted to move northeast towards Ballina before moving out to sea later on Saturday night. |
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| Today | Extreme Weather | Australia | State of Queensland, [Brisbane, Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Darling Downs and Wide Bay regions] |  |
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Extreme Weather in Australia on Saturday, 17 November, 2012 at 05:00 (05:00 AM) UTC.
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| A massive thunderstorm is hitting southeast Queensland, bringing torrential rain, flash flooding and blacking out homes. A weather alert was posted by the Bureau of Meteorology just minutes before rain smacked the east coast, leaving thousands of people without power. Weatherzone reported more than 4000 lightning strikes within 80km of Brisbane in the space of one hour. A police spokesman said 50 people were evacuated from an inner-city building after the storm caused a partial cave-in of the roof of a lodge in the inner suburb of Wilston. He said the storm had also caused a minor fire in Seventeen Mile Rocks, in Brisbane's south-west, after a house was struck by lightning. Police also reported they fallen trees across roads in Milton, Kangaroo Point and the Fortitude Valley area. People in Brisbane, Redlands, North Stradbroke and parts of the Gold Coast. Logan and Moreton Bay have been badly hit with thousands of homes left without power, falshing flooding and partial road closures. An Energex spokeswoman said many homes and businesses had been left without power, particularly on Brisbane's southside. "It's widespread at the moment. We can see there are about 6000 or 7000 homes and businesses around our network without power," she said. Supercell thunderstorms with the potential to create tornadoes are threatening to smash NSW and Queensland this weekend. Considered the most dangerous storms, supercells develop where wind shear is present through a very unstable atmosphere. "Supercell thunderstorms are likely to produce severe weather," said Tom Saunders, Senior Meteorologist at The Weather Channel. He said such extreme weather events were "likely across northeast New South Wales and southeast Queensland this weekend and have the potential to cause flash flooding, damaging winds and large hail". "The wind shear leads to rotation within the storm and a longer lifespan," he said. "Supercells often cause very heavy rain and flash flooding, large hail, damaging winds gusts and occasionally tornadoes. |
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- Severe Qld storm leaves 6000 without power (news.com.au)
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