One dead in south-east Qld storms – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
One person is dead and cars have been swept away in
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-13/1-dead-as-storms-batter-south-east-queensland/3570428
Tag Archives: Severe Storms
Severe thunderstorms storms Storm threat brews over inland Qld – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Storm threat brews over inland Qld – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The Bureau of Meteorology says residents along inland parts of Queensland should brace for rough weather for the rest of the week.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-13/storm-threat-brews-over-inland-qld/3569184
Severe thunderstorms storms Storm threat brews over inland Qld – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Storm threat brews over inland Qld – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The Bureau of Meteorology says residents along inland parts of Queensland should brace for extreme weather for the rest of the week.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-13/storm-threat-brews-over-inland-qld/3569184
Re: NSW / SE Qld Severe Storms 7th – 9th October 2011
Pete,
Rotation is one thing – hard to tell from radar but it looks like a supercell – "tailend charlie"! The question asked was there a hook echo – hard to tell from the resolution and type of radar but I think it was a nice HP supercell probably with a nice beaver tail off the coast in particular.
Regards,
Jimmy Deguara
RE: NSW / SE Qld Severe Storms 7th – 9th October 2011
Now thats an interesting radar signature ….hook echo people? its one of the last frames , after its gone off the coast
See : 128km Radar Loop for Gladstone, 04:00 07/10/2011 to 04:00 08/10/2011 UTC
Looked to me like the radar was indicating rotation in that cell as it heads off the coast? Or is that just me? 
RE: NSW / SE Qld Severe Storms 7th – 9th October 2011
I picked up the same storm as others on Saturday afternoon. I wasn't expecting a storm so hadn't taken the camera etc with me as we went up towards Seven Hills for some geocaching. As we got out of the car the thunder was getting closer and wind stronger so we decided standing in the bush wasn't the best idea.
We drove back to Baulkham Hills shopping centre where we had intended to be anyway afterwards and parked on the roof to get a view. Quite a lot of good lightning strikes were seen, with some rather close flangs as well. No hail at that spot but it certainly bucketed down quite heavily for a while. Looking at the radar track I thought it had missed home at Rydalmere but there was about 1mm in the guage and the cat had gone into hiding under the house so home must have caught the edge of it.
Qld Severe Storms 11th October 2011 – Mackay Radar
Oct 11, 2011: QLD central coast:
Hey guys, another long-lived storm has tracked NE crossing the coast just to the south of Mackay – rarely look at this radar so no idea on its calibration but it does look (well, looked) intense. A pronounced storm split, cell mergers, it all happened over the last 6 hours; and another interesting cell has fired up now too! The deep layer sheer is very good up there and surface T/Td spreads are quite tight! Looking at the models you would want to be there right through the weekend!
See : 256km Radar Loop for Mackay, 12:00 10/10/2011 to 12:00 11/10/2011 UTC
David C
Re: NSW / SE Qld Severe Storms 7th – 8th October 2011
Storm chase Saturday 8 October 2011
Its been a while since my last report but on Saturday, I also did a storm chase around Castle Hill to Windsor and north to the Wilberforce / Ebenezer area. I had worked out that storms would develop between 2 and 5 pm across Sydney Saturday afternoon. Just before 2 pm, I went to a lookout at Bella Vista where I saw the first storm develop over Blacktown. I soon discovered the storm was building over me so I had to hurry back to the car for shelter. I had planned to photograph lightning but never had the opportunity as the storm was too close.
I made it back to my car just in time as the storm broke with very heavy rain and cloud to ground lightning. I decided to head north west along Windsor Road where I found myself driving through very heavy rain and some outflow winds (SE Winds). Driving was treacherous and I saw people slowing down, stopping or trying to get out of the rain. I did see waterlogged creeks but did not encounter any hail fall. I broke clear of the storm around Rouse Hill. I drove to Windsor and then to Macquarie Park where I observed another storm building just to the NE of me.
I then proceeded to Wilberforce then Sackville and Ebenezer closing in on the second storm and stopping to take the ocassional photo of the cloud structure. I closed right in on that second storm which was by now dumping very heavy rain with the ocassional thunderclap heard. I watched a shelf cloud break free from the storm as it passed over me. The storm seemed to weaken and I stayed and watched the spectacle for a time to see what would happen. After a while, I left and returned home. I watched another cell to the west but I decided not to chase it along Putty Road because there are too few opportunities for photos.
I chose to go this way as I was after cloud structure and contrasts using my new Canon camera.
Jimmy, I read your report and noted that you encountered small hail near the corner of Windsor Road and Old Windsor Road. I was at that intersection for a short time during the event but did not observe any hail. Instead I encountered strong SE winds in that very area and some very heavy rain.
I only took a small number of photos but it is good to see storms in the Sydney region again.
Harley Pearman