Major Storm Hits Campbell
A very intense storm has just come through Campbell at about 10:30pm. There has been heaps of lightning about all evening which eventually reached a crescendo just as it passed over my unit! Then the hail started, small at first, then more frequent and larger - about the size of a 20 cent piece. Then the rain came and boy did it rain!! The BoM radar had it in the 360+mm/hr range - the highest on the scale.
When it settled down a bit I went and had a look outside to find a river about 25 metres wide and 30 cm deep flowing between my block of units and the ones across the causeway. I went for a wander up to the Campbell shops, basically across the street from my place, to find the road cut off and a torrent flowing down from the shops, across Blamey Cr, past my block of units and down into the lower parts on Campbell. You could almost surf the waves that were formed!! A few houses and ground floor units will probably have some minor flooding and several of the shops across the street definitely do. According to the BoM weather station at Canberra Airport about 37 mm fell in under 30 minutes!
I took my camera with me when I went outside and will post some of my shots soon.
February 28th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Crazy Storm! Damage your office?
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February 28th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
All good in my office but the Theoretical Physicists coped it. Must have been a theoretican who designed the roof and drainage because in reality it didn’t work too good!
February 28th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Dude, Your storm continued up here and flooded my garage and back yard! Good to see you entering the blog zone. G.
July 18th, 2008 at 8:57 am
I’m up near Lismore NSW. We get some nasty ones up here as well. The season is almost on us again too. Did you know there is a 24×7 free alert service for this stuff now- goes to mobile etc as well. (www.ewn.com.au)