Bit of storm action round Mildura now in melbourne

[Bird]

And in melbourne by tonight...


http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV65756.shtml
For people in the
Mallee and parts of the Northern Country, North Central and Wimmera Forecast Districts.
Issued at 1:09 pm Wednesday, 28 September 2011.
Currently thunderstorms are near and to the south and southeast of Mildura. This area should slowly move southeast during the afternoon.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds, very heavy rainfall, flash flooding and large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Mildura, Swan Hill, Bendigo, Echuca, Maryborough and Castlemaine.


http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR303.loop.shtml#skip

[GGV8Cruza]

Its already in Melbourne, getting a bit wild with thunder and lightning already, pulled all the guys of the top level which is 100% steel

GG

[Bird]

Its already in Melbourne, getting a bit wild with thunder and lightning already, pulled all the guys of the top level which is 100% steel

yep, 3 fronts now coming through, should be an interesting night working in the shed.

[Bird]

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR023.loop.shtml

actually its here now

[Kangaron]

Unreal the amount of lightning. Got all tv's pc's etc turned. Torches and candles ready.

[cancan]

any hail yet???

[making tracks]

House hit by lightning 1.24 hrs ago,all good with no damage. It was striking every 10-15secs and decided to pull the plug out of every outlet. The buzzing electric sound for about 2secs with blinding light and sound that I'm surprised i have any windowes left was intense to say the least. The smell in the air immediately after was interesting,normal fire smell combined with electric fire and something else which i cant put my finger on. Anyone who lives in the Cheltenham (Melb) area would confirm the intensity. I used to live in Queensland and this 1 compares to the tropical storms up there.

[Bird]

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR141.loop.shtml
lots more to come

[flamingo]

  Bom is saying 35 mill of rain my area.. Melb airport. Only 5 mm at lake Eildon... bugger.  Phil

[pacs]

I was on the road to Kerang today to swap out batteries in a failing UPS and the display mother nature was putting on was great slowed the trip down a couple of times with the intensity of the rain but the lightning forks were great


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-36.715184,144.302435

[D4D]

I was flying west through that storm this morning, it was fun to say the least.

[pacs]

Heck that would have been a bit hairy D4D I've never been in a plane during an electrical storm before

[Black Diamond]

Must have copped a bit of rain bayside this afternoon, the pool topped up nicely

[D4D]

Heck that would have been a bit hairy D4D I've never been in a plane during an electrical storm before

As a seasoned flyer it was just a few bumps, however the new flyers on plane were sh!tting themselves

[GU Rich]

As a seasoned flyer it was just a few bumps, however the new flyers on plane were sh!tting themselves

I hate planes, that would have been me 

[pacs]

I hate planes, that would have been me 

x2 

[Bird]

I hate planes, that would have been me 

how about this one then
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/wrong-button-caused-plane-to-almost-turn-upside-down-during-plunge-20110929-1ky4c.html

[GU Rich]

how about this one then
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/wrong-button-caused-plane-to-almost-turn-upside-down-during-plunge-20110929-1ky4c.html

See I have a Moto, "If you can't drive there it's not worth going" 

[Bird]

Hail destroys crops
CHRIS MCLENNAN
29 Sep, 2011 04:00 AM


FRUIT trees were shredded, vegetable crops destroyed, caravans were dented and streets flooded during a day of storm mayhem across Sunraysia yesterday.
Hail storms caused the most damage as the thunderstorms carved a narrow swathe of destruction throughout the afternoon.

Colignan was first and perhaps worst hit early yesterday afternoon when large hail stones pounded a kilometre-wide stretch of the district over a distance of many kilometres along the storm's path.

Hail covered lawns like snow, to the joy of holidaying children in Red Cliffs while flash floods caused some traffic problems in Ouyen after 11mm fell in as many minutes during the afternoon.

Cereal farmers across the Millewa are waiting to assessing the damage but early reports suggest the violence of the storms was contained to narrow strips.
For more of this story, purchase your copy of Thursday's Sunraysia Daily 29-9-2011.

[Black Diamond]

Black as a Dogs Guts here in Oakleigh at the moment and blowing hard

[Bird]

Black as a Dogs Guts here in Oakleigh at the moment and blowing hard

Nothing really there
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR024.loop.shtml#skip